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== Future ==

== Future ==

Howard will attempt to win a fifth term in office at the federal election to be held on 24 November.  He has pledged to resign mid-way through his next term if he is re-elected, and hand over office to current Treasurer [[Peter Costello]].  In practice, the choice of successor would be made by a vote of all the Liberal Party's MPs.  As well as facing a tough fight against the ALP to retain government, Howard is also under pressure in his own parliamentary seat where former [[ABC]] journalist Maxine McKew is standing against him on behalf of the ALP.  If he loses his seat he will forfeit the Prime Minstership regardless of the result of the election as a whole.  

Howard will attempt to win a fifth term in office at the federal election to be held on 24 November.  He has pledged to resign late into his next term if he is re-elected, and hand over office to current Treasurer [[Peter Costello]].  In practice, the choice of successor would be made by a vote of all the Liberal Party's MPs.  As well as facing a tough fight against the ALP to retain government, Howard is also under pressure in his own parliamentary seat where former [[ABC]] journalist Maxine McKew is standing against him on behalf of the ALP.  If he loses his seat he will forfeit the Prime Minstership regardless of the result of the election as a whole.  

== Sources ==

== Sources ==