[3] The district represents the towns of Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, and Orange.

[4] McFarlane is a member of the planning board and budgeting committee for the town of Orange,[5] where he has lived since 2008.

He is a former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for American International Group Investments and Bluestone Capital Partners, and Business Information Security Officer (BISO) at Merrill Lynch.

He became a permanent resident of the United States in 1995 after he finished his studies and served in the military.

[6] McFarlane first ran for the Grafton 9th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2022, winning the Republican party primary but losing the general election to Corinne Morse.