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Please re elect Minister David Borger for the seat of Granville Sydney
The Hon. David Lawrence
Borger has represented the people of Parramatta and Granville Sydney since 1995.
Before entering Parliament in 2007, David served as the Lord Mayor of
Parramatta, Australia’s sixth largest CBD. 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).
Mr. David Borger was born in 1969 and he has been married to Giselle for ten
years. They have two children Grace and Zoë. Since being elected in 2007, David
also served as Chairman of the Public Works Committee.
On September 8th, 2008 David was sworn in as the Minister for Housing and the
Minister for Western Sydney. And in May 2010 Premier Kristina Keneally appointed
David as the Minister for Roads.
On Sunday 20th March, famous Businessman Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Director Security
International Services hosted a dinner at his residence in the Honour of
Minister David Borger. The dinner was held at Guildford Sydney and attended by
prominent members of the local Pakistani Australian community. The catering was
prepared by Khan Baba Restaurant Auburn Sydney
The President Pakistan Association of Australia Mr. Iftikhar Rana and
Editor-in-Chief of Sada-e-Watan Syed Zafar Hussain appreciated the Great
services of Minister David Borger and requests the local voters to re elect
David Borger in the state elections of Saturday, 26th March 2011.







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Granville
-Sydney Western Suburbs
Safe Labor 11.1%
MP
David Borger (ALP) since 2007. Minister for Roads and Minister for Western
Sydney.
Profile
Granville is a western suburbs electorate generally south of the M4 motorway
near Parramatta. It includes the suburbs of Granville, South Granville,
Merrylands, Mays Hill and South Wentworthville.
David Borger of Australian Labor
Party
42 year-old David Borger is a former Lord Mayor of Parramatta, first elected to
the position in September 1999, the youngest person ever to hold the office. He
served on the Council from 1995 to 2008, Borger has a background in urban
planning, holds a Bachelor of Economics and was undertaking a Masters degree in
Urban Design when elected to parliament. He had wanted to be the Labor candidate
in Parramatta at the 2003 election but was denied by various factional
manoeuvrings. Borger previously worked as an adviser to the NSW Planning
Minister Andrew Refshauge. He was appointed to Cabinet by Nathan Rees as
Minister for Housing and Western Sydney, and promoted to Minister for Roads in
May 2010 in the re-shuffle brought about by David Campbell's resignation.
2006 Census Profile
Another of Sydney's migrant electorates, Granville has the state's third highest
proportion born in the Middle East (12.3%). By religion Granville has the eighth
highest concentration of non-Christians (23.4%) and fourth highest proportion of
people with Islamic faith (14.8%).

Assessment by
ABC Election Analyst:
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Likely Labor Retain Again
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