John McDonald (mayor)

[1] He moved to Dunedin in the 1890s, where he had a tailoring business, and later worked as a land agent and company promoter.

[1] In January 1909, he married Maggie Cox Lindsay Prictor, at St Stephen's Church, Dunedin.

[5] While mayor he took part in a public demonstration of the country's first radio transmission, sending and receiving messages in Morse code from Andersons Bay to Hagberth Moller at Ravensbourne.

[1] After a break from local politics, McDonald was re-elected to the DCC for a term from 1919 to 1921, and also served on the Otago Harbour Board for six years.

[1][6] At the 1931 general election, he finished third in the Dunedin West electorate as an independent Liberal candidate.