Who won the Australian federal election, 1998 to become the 25th Prime Minister of Australia?
Australian federal election, 1998 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.
Nick Griffiths Nicholas (Nick) David Griffiths (born 24 December 1951) is an Australian politician.