Yaz Mubarakai

Yaz Mubarakai
MLA
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Jandakot
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded byJoe Francis
Personal details
Born (1975-10-24) 24 October 1975 (age 49)
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Political partyLabor
SpouseJerestine Mubarakai
OccupationSmall business owner and entrepreneur
Websitejandakot.walabor.org.au

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.

Mubarakai was born in India, and emigrated to Australia in 1997.[1] He belongs to the Parsi community.[2] He owns the post office at Success, a restaurant Majestic India and Cafe Royal in Cockburn Central. He previously served on Cockburn City Council.[3]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (2017). "Jandakot". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.