David Borger

David Borger BEc, MP
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Granville
In office 24 March 2007 – 26 March 2011
Preceded by	Kim Yeadon
Succeeded by	Tony Issa
Personal details
Born	David Lawrence Borger 7 September 1969 (1969-09-07)
Nationality	Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Giselle Borger
Residence	North Parramatta
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Website	NSW Legislative Assembly webpage

David Borger (born 7 September 1969) is a former Australian politician. He represented the Electoral district of Granville for the Australian Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2007 until 2011. Borger was Minister for Roads and Minister for Western Sydney in the Keneally Labor Government.

Private life

Borger had a difficult early life, living at various times with his mother, his father, Bob, and two sets of grandparents in two States, New South Wales and Queensland. He went to ten schools; five public and five Catholic. He claims he was a difficult child and caused his various families no end of grief by wagging school, smoking cigarettes, and generally getting into trouble.

After completing his schooling at St Patrick's Dundas, Borger was awarded a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and is studying a town planning degree at the University of New England.

Borger was formerly employed as a social worker with the Uniting Church. He was also a volunteer worker with Parramatta Mission. He was an adviser to Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge when he was NSW Planning Minister.

Early years

David Borger (center) as mayor of Parramatta, at the launch of an art exhibition organized by the Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia, held at the Parramatta Heritage Centre, 9 June 2000

David Borger was an elected member of the Parramatta City Council, representing the Elizabeth Macarthur Ward, from 1995 to 2008. At 30 years of age, Borger became the youngest person to hold the office of Lord Mayor of Parramatta City Council. Borger served as Lord Mayor for two terms (1999–2007).

During his first term as Lord Mayor he instigated a fundraising campaign to help community groups that provide services to homeless people in Parramatta. That campaign has already netted $25,000 for the Parramatta Mission’s Winter Appeal. He has worked closely with groups such as Shelter NSW, the Wesley Mission and the Exodus Foundation in securing more resources for the homeless during and beyond the Olympic Games. Borger chaired Parramatta City’s Youth Forum.^{[citation needed]}

State politics

In 2002, Gabrielle Harrison, the Member for Parramatta, announced she would retire from parliament at the 2003 State election. Borger sought Labor Party endorsement for the seat and was pre-selected by the local membership. However, his endorsement was overturned under an Australian Labor Party N40 ruling which gave the place to Tanya Gadiel. Borger considered running for the seat as an independent, but eventually decided against, giving Gadiel a relatively clear run for the election. Nevertheless, Gadiel was the source of some criticism when, not long after being elected, her campaign team unsuccessfully attempted to have Borger expelled from the party for disloyalty.^{[citation needed]}

Following the retirement of Kim Yeadon, Borger won endorsement and then election for the seat of Granville at the 2007 State election. Borger lost his seat at the 2011 State election to his Liberal opponent Tony Issa

In the Premier Nathan Rees and Kristina Keneally Governments, Borger was appointed to the following:

• Minister for Western Sydney (2008 -
• Minister for Housing (2008–2010)
• Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport and Roads (2009–2010)
• Minister for Roads (2010–2011), Lost seat.

References

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Kim Yeadon	Member for Granville 2007 – 2011	Succeeded by Tony Issa