Shahyaz Yezdi "Yaz" Mubarakai (born 24 October 1975) is an Indian-born Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Jandakot from 2017 to 2025. Following the 2025 Western Australia state election. Mubarakai became the inaugural MP for the new electorate of Oakford.
Mubarakai was born in India, and emigrated to Australia in 1997.[2] He belongs to the Parsi community.[3] He owns the post office at Success, a restaurant Majestic India and Cafe Royal in Cockburn Central. He previously served on Cockburn City Council.[4]
References
- ^ "Inaugural Speech – Yaz Mubarakai" (PDF). Parliament of Western Australia. 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "WA Labor's Yaz Mubarakai (of Indian Heritage), the winner for 2017 State Election for Jandakot : Joe Francis concedes defeat to Yaz in Jandakot". Avenews. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Joseph, Nisha (16 October 2017). "Yaz Mubarakai: The people's MLA". Indian Link. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
In this sense, Yaz is a shining example of his people, the Parsis.
- ^ Green, Antony (2017). "Jandakot". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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