AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2007
Fed: Howard congratulates McKew on official Bennelong victory
JOHN HOWARD says he has no complaints after ending his 33-year parliamentary career.
He conceding defeat officially in the Sydney seat of Bennelong yesterday .. and congratulated
Labor's MAXINE MCKEW as she was confirmed as the new MP for the seat he had held since
1974.
After a polite handshake .. he wished her well.
The defeated leader has remained largely out of the public eye since his 11-year-old
government's shattering defeat on November 24.
But he appeared at the ceremony in Sydney yesterday .. at which Australian Electoral
Commission officials formally declared Ms MCKEW the victor in Bennelong.
Mr HOWARD'S the second sitting prime minister to lose his seat at an election .. after
STANLEY BRUCE in 1929.
AAP RTV hn/sp/wz/crh
KEYWORD: POLL07 BENNELONG (SYDNEY)
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