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Article: Fed: Rudd becomes prime minister as Howard loses seat, govt
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- November 25, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
11-25-2007
Fed: Rudd becomes prime minister as Howard loses seat, govt
By Maria Hawthorne, Adam Gartrell and Sandra O'Malley
CANBERRA, Nov 24 AAP - Labor leader Kevin Rudd tonight became Australia's 26th prime
minister as voters across the nation swept John Howard from power and likely dumped him
from his Sydney seat.
The political career of Australia's second-longest serving prime minister will end
with defeat after 11-and-a-half years in office, and he is also likely to become only
the second prime minister in history to lose his seat.
And at least two of his ministers also lost their seats in the 5.5 per cent swing to
Labor that will seal the ALP's hold ...