<page_title> List of Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioners </page_title> <section_title> List of Commissioners </section_title> <table> <cell> Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (1920–present) <col_header> Agency </col_header> <col_header> North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) (1873–1920) </col_header> <col_header> 2. </col_header> <col_header> 3. </col_header> <col_header> 4. </col_header> <col_header> 5. </col_header> <col_header> 6. </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8. <col_header> Agency </col_header> <col_header> North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) (1873–1920) </col_header> <col_header> 2. </col_header> <col_header> 3. </col_header> <col_header> 4. </col_header> <col_header> 5. </col_header> <col_header> 6. </col_header> <col_header> Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (1920–present) </col_header> <col_header> 7. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sir James Howden MacBrien <col_header> Number </col_header> <col_header> 1. </col_header> <row_header> 8. </row_header> </cell> <cell> August 1, 1931 <col_header> Name </col_header> <row_header> 8. </row_header> </cell> <cell> March 5, 1938 <col_header> Term Start </col_header> <row_header> 8. </row_header> </cell> </table>
James Howden MacBrien served as the eighth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from August 1, 1931 to March 5, 1938.