Chester Borrows
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The Honourable Chester Borrows MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Whanganui |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Jill Pettis |
| Majority | 6,333 |
| Minister of Courts | |
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In office 12 December 2011 – 6 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Georgina te Heuheu |
| Succeeded by | Amy Adams |
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Kerry James Borrows 20 June 1957 Nelson, New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Website | www |
Kerry James "Chester" Borrows (born 20 June 1957) is a New Zealand politician.
Born in 1957, Borrows was raised in Nelson and was educated at Nayland College. Borrows joined the New Zealand Police and worked in Nelson, Wellington and Auckland before becoming the sole charge officer in Patea. In 2002 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Victoria University of Wellington, was admitted to the bar. He subsequently worked as a lawyer in Hawera.
In the 1999 election, Borrows first stood for parliament in the Whanganui electorate, but he could not unseat the incumbent, Jill Pettis of the Labour Party. Ranked 45th on the party list, he was not high enough to enter parliament. In the 2002 election, Borrows stood again in Whanganui and was ranked 36th on the party list, which was again not high enough to enter parliament. In the 2005 election, Borrows defeated Pettis.
Borrows had proposed an amendment to the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill (now passed into law as the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007) that allowed for the use of force on children providing that is does not "cause or contribute materially to harm that is more than transitory and trifling".
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