 Fraser appointed Eggleton as his chief of staff and this led to Eggleton's appointment as Federal Director of the Liberal Party, a post he held for 15 years.In this capacity he was the party's Campaign Director at seven federal elections (1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1990), under three different leaders (Fraser, Andrew Peacock and John Howard).The Liberals won the first three of these elections, but were defeated by the Australian Labor Party in 1983.