Yeah but before AI overviews Google would have shown the first search result with a text snippet directly quoted from the page with the answer highlighted.
Thats just as fast (or faster) than the AI overview
Thats just as fast (or faster) than the AI overview
To me this seemed like the relevant detail in the first excerpt.
But after more thought I realize you were probably expecting the date of his election to prime minister which is fair! That’s probably what searchers would be looking for.