[1] Macdonald married Frances Rossiter on 15 November 1870 in Melbourne.

[3] MacDonald initially made political impact in local government.

[5] He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1890 to 1891, when he resigned upon a bankruptcy claim.

[7] He contested the three-member City of Wellington electorate in the 1899 election, when he came fourth.

[6] Macdonald died on 17 October 1914 at the Porirua Lunatic Asylum where he had resided since November 1913.