Career
He
was elected to the North Sydney City Council as an Alderman in 1974,
where he served until 1988 (he was Mayor of North Sydney 1980-1988);
while serving as mayor, he was elected to the New South Wales state
parliament as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Shore
1981-1988; and was elected as the federal Member of Parliament for North
Sydney from 1990 to 1996. He instituted democratic reforms in his local
area and is well-respected as a man of democracy. Mack has been a
staunch defender of electors' rights and a passionate supporter of
peoples' right to a greater say in government. He was also elected as an
independent Republican delegate to the 1998 Constitutional Convention,
where he opposed the model favoured by the Australian Republican
Movement, and argued that Australian voters should have a direct say in
the process to decide their Head of State.