Political Views
Janette Howard was always seen at the Prime Minister's side during election campaigns. According to John Howard's biographer Pru Goward, Janette "lives and breathes" politics. She also devoted time to "nursing" John Howard's electorate of Bennelong, which although a Liberal seat since its creation in 1949, gradually became less Liberal and culminated in the defeat of John Howard at the Australian 2007 election by Maxine McKew but Labor's McKew was defeated at the 2010 election by the Liberal candidate John Alexander.
Although she rarely made any public comment on political issues, she did break this pattern by deciding to speak out against Kevin Rudd during the 2007 election campaign.
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