Please answer the following question: What key details about edward mortimer macdonald can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: edward mortimer macdonald , -lrb- august 16 , 1865 -- may 25 , 1940 -rrb- was a canadian politician . born in pictou , nova scotia , the son of john d. and mary isabel macdonald , macdonald was educated at the pictou academy and dalhousie college where he received a bachelor of law in 1887 . he was admitted to the nova scotia bar in 1887 and the bar of quebec in 1918 . he was created a king 's counsel in 1904 . he first ran for canadian house of commons in the riding of pictou in the 1896 federal election . defeated , he lost again in 1900 . from 1897 to 1904 , he was the nova scotia liberal member of the nova scotia house of assembly for the electoral district of pictou . he was elected in the 1904 federal election . a liberal , he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911 . he did not run in 1917 , but was elected again in 1921 . in 1923 , he was appointed minister without portfolio and minister of national defence -lrb- acting -rrb- . from 1923 to 1926 , he was the minister of national defence .
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- parliament is canadian canadian- smallimage is edward mortimer macdonald.jpg- successor is john carey douglas alexander mcgregor- constituency mp is antigonish -- guysborough pictou- death date is 25 may 1940- predecessor is colin francis mcisaac adam carr bell- office is member pictou of the nova scotia house of assembly for- party is liberal- cabinet is minister defence -lrb- 1923-1926 -rrb- without portfolio -lrb- 1923 -rrb- minister of national- term end is 1926 1925 1904- term start is 1925 1904 1897- birth date is 16 august 1865- name is edward mortimer macdonald- birth place is pictou , nova scotia