He also developed a suburb around the Bellamy Grand Trunk Railway station in the area now known as Scarborough Village.

He served for one year and lost when he ran for re-election in the 1901 Toronto municipal election, coming in third.

[3][5] He also ran for the Canadian House of Commons unsuccessfully as an independent in Toronto East in 1881,[6] and stood as an Independent Conservative in the 1894 Ontario general election in the provincial Toronto East riding,[7] but withdrew before the election to support the Liberal candidate.

[1] The Evening Sun, advocated the annexation of Canada by the United States, reflecting Macdonald's views at the time.

Macdonald had also proposed a scheme in the 1890s, promoted by The Factor, to build a canal linking the Humber River and Georgian Bay and also using the project to generate hydro-electricity, to no avail.