[3] He married Martha Elizabeth Leggett in Gayndah on 1 May 1895[4] and they had five sons and five daughters: Alfred Stevens, Claude Mills, Gladys Mary, Edward Joseph, Nellie Ann Millicent, Ina, Molly Nundah, Burnett Cranbrook, Allan Halley, and Dorothy Clara.

With universal suffrage restored to Brisbane City Council elections, Alfred Jones and the Labor Party won easily, picking up 14 of the 20 wards.

Harry Massey the independent Alderman for Toowong was convinced by the conservative Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) (which was formed on 23 June 1936) to run as their Lord Mayoral candidate for the 1937 election.

[11] Allegations that his administration was plagued by accusations of corruption and inefficiency lead to a complete Labor collapse in the 1940 election, when he lost the mayoralty to John Beals Chandler.

[15] A number of street names in the Brisbane suburb of Carina Heights are identical to the surnames of former Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.