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The 1998 Welsh Conservatives leadership election was held in October and November 1998 to elect the first leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales ahead of the first assembly election in 1999. The election was won by Rod Richards, who defeated challenger Nick Bourne.