[1] He served on various boards, trusts and committees including:[3] On 7 March 1894, John MacFarlane, one of the two Ministerialist members for Ipswich, died.

Alfred Stephenson contested the resulting by-election on 31 March 1894 as a Ministerialist, but Australian Labour Party candidate James Wilkinson won.

[4] His wife Jane died at their home Chermside, Roderick Street, Ipswich on 29 March 1909.

[6] In May 1914, as District Grand Master of the English Freemasons, he travelled extensively through the northern parts of Queensland.

[7] Alfred John Stephenson died on Friday 4 December 1914 at his home Chermside, Roderick Street, Ipswich.