Mike Sabin
| Mike Sabin | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Northland |
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In office 26 November 2011 – 30 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Carter |
| Succeeded by | Winston Peters |
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| Born | 24 September 1968 |
| Political party | National Party |
Michael Lewis "Mike" Sabin (born 24 September 1968) is a former police officer, drug educator and New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party and was a member of the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. He is the father of 3 News political reporter Brook Sabin.
Sabin was raised and schooled in Whangarei. He and his partner, Sandra, live in Cooper's Beach. He has three children, two of whom are grown up, and one of whom is the journalist Brook Sabin. His partner also has three children.
Sabin wrote a book called The Long Way Home after his son Darryl received a brain injury playing rugby in 2009. The book is about Darryl's injury and the challenges the family overcame working towards his recovery. His son is now a motivational speaker.
Sabin was first employed as a Seaman Officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the 1980s. After leaving the Navy, Sabin worked in the dairy industry before joining the Police in the 1990s. In 2006, he founded MethCon Group, a company that supplies drug education. He sold the company in October 2010. He also played a role in the establishment of drug courts in New Zealand by inviting American judge Peggy Hora to talk about how drug courts operate in the United States.
In 2008, Sabin received a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award.
In May 2011 Sabin was selected as the National Party candidate for Northland to replace the retiring John Carter. He had a majority of 11,362 and 9,300 votes in 2011 and 2014, respectively.
In December 2014 New Zealand media reported that Sabin was under investigation by police over an assault complaint. The reports were not confirmed by the New Zealand Police, Prime Minister John Key or Sabin himself. Sabin resigned from parliament on 30 January 2015 with immediate effect "due to personal issues that were best dealt with outside Parliament." Key subsequently revealed that he had considered appointing Sabin as a minister when National was re-elected in 2014.
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