Government
- John MacDonald II or John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), last Lord of the Isles, Scotland
- John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836–1919), Scottish politician and later a judge
- John Kinneir Macdonald (1782-1830), British traveller and diplomat, envoy to Persia
- John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Canadian prime minister
- John Alexander MacDonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1838), former speaker of the Prince Edward Island assembly
- John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (1874–1948), Canadian member of parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Alexander Macdonald (Nova Scotia politician) (born 1883), first elected in 1925 as Conservative member for Richmond—West Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, later appointed to the Senate
- John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877–1926), Canadian politician, conveyancer and real estate agent
- John Macdonald (British politician) (1854–1939), British Liberal politician
- John Augustine Macdonald, Canadian Member of Parliament, King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Joseph MacDonald (1891-1986) Canadian Senator for Prince Edward Island
- John L. MacDonald (1838–1903), American representative from Minnesota
- John Macdonald (Canadian politician) (1824–1890), Canadian member of parliament and later a Canadian Senator
- John Michael Macdonald (1906–1997), Canadian Senator for Nova Scotia
- John Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872), first Premier of Ontario
- John Small MacDonald (ca. 1791–1849), Prince Edward Island merchant and politician
- John MacDonald (Australian politician), Senator for Queensland
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