Chester Borrows

Former Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has died. Chester Borrows is being remembered by Whanganui leaders as a community-minded man with an ability to bring people ...

I’m just very grateful that I’ve been able to help,” he said. He has been a great contributor to the Government’s process for speeding tickets.” Chester replied, ‘Well, let’s get to the same page’.” There was no point-scoring with Chester, and no jumping in first to deliver all the good news.” “It didn’t matter what colour you were on the political spectrum. Well, almost everyone.”

Tributes are flowing for a man respected and loved throughout the Taranaki community, former MP, policeman, lawyer and archdeacon Chester Borrows.

Interviews with Borrows were often punctuated by phone calls from people asking for advice or making arrangements for some project he was assisting with. If anyone deserved a long and prosperous life, it was Chester.” He was a detective in Taranaki when he left the police after 24 years and became a lawyer. He was made a Companion of the Queens Service Order in the 2017 New Year Honours. “He was a man who always had his heart in the right place for the people he served. He was also MP for Whanganui, which includes South Taranaki for four terms and was Minister for Courts and Deputy Speaker of the House in the Key Government before retiring in 2017.

Borrows, who was 65, campaigned for National in two elections before winning the Whanganui seat, which includes South Taranaki, from Labour's Jill Pettit in ...

“He loved most of all to fight for the marginalised and unfairness. ”Chester was a unique politician - Conviction to the core. Be everywhere, go to everything, comment on everything, always be friendly, always have that smile painted on.”

"I always found him to be a really honest, straight shooter. Someone who I really enjoyed working with, someone who was passionate about his local community and ...

Former National MP Chester Borrows has died, aged 65. He was diagnosed with cancer last year. Borrows campaigned in two elections before winning the Whanga.

He was elected as the MP for Whanganui for four terms — retiring at the 2017 general election. Borrows was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, and his ...

He said himself and Borrows had served on a number of select committees together. The former MP had also worked as a lawyer and an archdeacon in the Anglican Church. McClay added Borrows would be remembered as a great local MP who "put everything he had into his job" and was a true family man. Rotorua MP Todd McClay described Borrows as a "very genuine and caring person" with a "real passion for justice". McClay said Borrows won a seat that was usually difficult for National to win and held it. Borrows had also been Deputy Speaker of the House when Hipkins "held a variety of different roles connected to the House".