He served as a Hamilton City Councillor from 1998 to 2001
In 2009 a complaint was filed to the Advertising Standards Authority against one of Mallett's advertisements in the Hamilton This Week campaigning against Māori seats being established on the Auckland 'Supercity' Council, which called such reserved political positions and their promoters "racist". Mallett said that the complainant was "attempting to silence opinion." The complaint was not upheld.
Involvement with ACT
Mallett joined the ACT party in 1995. In the campaign of... Read More