Mahesh Bindra
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Mahesh Bindra | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Zealand First list | |
| In office 20 September 2014 – 23 September 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mumbai, India |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai |
Mahesh Jaichand Bindra is an Indian-born New Zealand politician who represented New Zealand First as a list MP in Parliament between 2014 and 2017. He was the party's ethnic affairs spokesperson.[1]
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).[2] He worked as a security officer for Air India at Mumbai airport until 1986, he then joined Air India cabin crew as an assistant flight purser until 2002. He migrated to New Zealand from India in 2002 with his wife, twin daughters, and son.[3] In about 2006 his wife was killed in a car crash.[4]
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.[5] Bindra's election profile stated that he had extensive experience in rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into the society.[6][7]
He was chairman of the Corrections Association of New Zealand for South Auckland Prison, and a member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association,[8] 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.[9][10]
