Greenwich. In June 2021 Mallard was elected as Government Whip in the NSW Legislative Council and Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and the Aerotropolis. In December 2021, Mallard was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Western Sydney. New South Wales parliamentary career Mallard was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council on the Liberal/Nationals ticket at the 2015 state election, endorsed as the seventh candidate. Mallard was involved in calling on the government to protect the Radiata Plateau in the Blue Mountains. Personal Mallard's early career was in marketing and advertising. In 1995 he took a career sabbatical and established a small business in horticulture with his brother in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Mallard, who is gay, is in a same-sex relationship with Danish born Jesper Hansen. On 20 July 2012 it was reported that they would marry in a Lutheran Church in Copenhagen in 2013. References External links 1964 births Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Gay politicians LGBT conservatism LGBT legislators in Australia Macquarie University alumni Living people Sydney City Councillors Politicians from Sydney 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council