McIvor left politics after the fall of the Executive in 1974 and sat as a resident magistrate.

He was appointed resident magistrate for the district in December 1863.

The next year he was appointed Zanzibar's registrar to the high court; followed by resident magistrate.

A year later, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace and worked as assistant resident magistrate.

He was appointed a resident magistrate in the West of Ireland 1882.

From 1836, the justices acted under the supervision of resident magistrates.

He was twice acting resident magistrate for the Murray district.

A resident magistrate is a title for magistrates used in certain parts of the world, that were, or are, governed by the British.

By 1999, she had become a resident magistrate.

The offices of justice of the peace and resident magistrate were permanently abolished.