[PAR] [TLE] John Howard [SEP] John Winston Howard, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007.  Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer. [PAR] [TLE] Australian federal election, 1998 [SEP] Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998.  All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election.  The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Tim Fischer defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley, despite Beazley's Labor Party polling more votes overall than Howard's Liberal-National Coalition.
[PAR] [TLE] John Howard [ SEP ] John Winston Howard , { ' 1 ' : " , ' 2 ' : " , ' 3 ' : " , ' 4 ' : " } ( born 26 July 1939 ) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia , serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007 . Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer . [PAR] [TLE] Australian federal election , 1998 [ SEP ] Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998 . All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election . The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Tim Fischer defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley , despite Beazley 's Labor Party polling more votes overall than Howard 's Liberal - National Coalition .
Who won the Australian federal election, 1998 to become the 25th Prime Minister of Australia?
Who won the Australian federal election , 1998 to become the 25th Prime Minister of Australia ?
John Howard
John Howard