Facts: - residence: berwick , nova scotia - successor: paul kinsman - party: liberal - death date: 29 june 1986 - predecessor: hiram thomas - office: mla for kings west - term end: 1963 - birth date: 7 february 1920 - term start: 1960 - name: edward d. macarthur - birth place: pictou , nova scotia - occupation: physician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward d. macarthur .
edward donald macarthur -lrb- february 7 , 1920 -- june 29 , 1986 -rrb- was a canadian politician .he represented the electoral district of kings west in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1960 to 1963 .he was a member of the nova scotia liberal party .macarthur was born in 1920 at pictou , nova scotia .he was educated at dalhousie university , and was a physician by career .macarthur entered provincial politics in the 1960 election , winning the kings west riding by 512 votes .he was defeated by progressive conservative paul kinsman when he ran for re-election in 1963 .macarthur died in 1986 .