Background
Macintosh was born in 1830 at Kilniver, 8.7 miles (140 km) south of Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Macintosh was born in 1830 at Kilniver, 8.7 miles (140 km) south of Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
He came to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1853 and took up farming on the Saltwater River. In the same year, he purchased a farm at Yangardook, and in 1867, he purchased the Oak Park farm in Rockbank. He died in Braybrook in 1904.
Macintosh was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from October 1859 to July 1861 for East Bourke.