DR Gaurav Sharma

In the recently held New Zealand elections, Indian-origin Gaurav Sharma from Labour Party became a member of parliament from Hamilton. He garnered 16,950 votes and defeated Tim Macindoe from National Party by 4,425 votes. Gaurav is a medical practitioner, and had moved to New Zealand from Himachal Pradesh 20 years back. He was congratulated by Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur for "earning a name for the state".