Mahesh Bindra
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Mahesh Bindra MP |
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Assumed office 20 September 2014 |
Mahesh Bindra is a New Zealand politician representing New Zealand First as a list MP in Parliament since the 2014 general election. He is the Party's ethnic affairs spokesperson.
Bindra was born in Mumbai and obtained BA (Honours) degree in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Mumbai. He trained as an officer cadet for the Indian Army with the National Cadet Corps (India). He migrated to New Zealand from India in 2002 with his wife, twin daughters, and son. In about 2006 his wife was killed in a car crash.
Bindra was listed on the 2014 Electoral Roll for the Mount Roskill electorate as being a Case Manager and worked for the Department of Corrections. Bindra's election profile stated that he had extensive experience in rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into the society.
He was Chairman of the Corrections Association of New Zealand for South Auckland Prison, and a member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association, the Executive Committee of the Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust, the Hindi Language and Culture Trust of New Zealand, and the Global Organization for People of Indian Origin.
Bindra's father was active in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Bindra became a member of New Zealand First in 2006. At the 2011 election, Bindra contested Mount Roskill for New Zealand First, placing 5th with 419 votes. He was ranked 21st on the party list and not elected to parliament.
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