Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
List of Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioners
Table title:
List of Commissioners
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Agency </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Number </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Term Start </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Term End </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=6 > North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) (1873–1920) </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > W. Osborne Smith </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 25, 1873 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > October 17, 1873 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > First Commissioner of the NWMP. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Arthur French </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > October 18, 1873 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 21, 1876 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Farquharson MacLeod </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 22, 1876 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > October 31, 1880 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acheson Gosford Irvine </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > November 1, 1880 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 31, 1886 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lawrence William Herchmer </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 1, 1886 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 31, 1900 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 6. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Aylesworth Bowen Perry </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > August 1, 1900 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > March 31, 1923 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > The NWMP merged with the Dominion Police in 1920 to form the RCMP, thus Perry was the final Commissioner of the NWMP and the first Commissioner of the RCMP. </td></tr>
<tr> <th class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=20 > Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (1920–present) </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Cortlandt Starnes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 1, 1923 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 31, 1931 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8. </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sir James Howden MacBrien </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 1, 1931 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 5, 1938 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Stuart Taylor Wood </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 6, 1938 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 30, 1951 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Leonard Hanson Nicholson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > May 1, 1951 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 31, 1959 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Edward Rivett-Carnac </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 1, 1959 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 31, 1960 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clifford Walter Harvison </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 1, 1960 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > October 31, 1963 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Brinton McClellan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > November 1, 1963 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 14, 1967 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Malcolm Francis Aylesworth Lindsay </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 15, 1967 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 30, 1969 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RCMP Patrol Vessel Lindsay was named in his honour. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Leonard Higgitt </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > October 1, 1969 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > December 28, 1973 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RCMP Patrol Vessel Higgitt was named in his honour. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Maurice Jean Nadon </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > January 1, 1974 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 31, 1977 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RCMP Patrol Vessel Nadon was named in his honour. The present day RCMP National Headquarters building in Ottawa was named in his honour on October 05th, 2011. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Robert Henry Simmonds </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 1, 1977 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 31, 1987 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RCMP Patrol Vessel Simmonds was named in his honour. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Norman Inkster </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 1, 1987 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > June 24, 1994 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RCMP Patrol Vessel Inkster was named in his honour. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 19. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Joseph Philip Robert Murray </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > June 25, 1994 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 1, 2000 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Giuliano Zaccardelli </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > September 2, 2000 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > December 15, 2006 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Beverley Busson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > December 15, 2006 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 16, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Interim Commissioner; Busson was the RCMP's first female Commissioner. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 22. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William J. S. Elliott </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 16, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > November 20, 2011 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > First civilian Commissioner. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bob Paulson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > November 21, 2011 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > June 30, 2017 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > — </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dan Dubeau </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > June 30, 2017 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 16, 2018 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acting Commissioner; Dubeau served in the role at the rank of Deputy Commissioner. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 24. </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Brenda Lucki </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > April 16, 2018 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Incumbent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Current Commissioner; Lucki is the RCMP's first permanent female Commissioner. </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who was the eighth commissioner for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and what were the start and end dates of his term?
Answer:
James Howden MacBrien served as the eighth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from August 1, 1931 to March 5, 1938.