Appendix 15—Chronology of Parliaments

Parliament General elections Opening House’s last
sitting day
Prorogation
(further prorogation)
Dissolution

First Parliament

29 & 30.3.1901

 

 

 

 

First session

 

9.5.1901

10.10.1902

10.10.1902
(14.11.1902)
(15.12.1902)
(21.1.1903)
(20.2.1903)
(31.3.1903)

 

Second session

 

26.5.1903

22.10.1903

22.10.1903
(11.11.1903)

23.11.1903

Second Parliament

16.12.1903

 

 

 

 

First session

 

2.3.1904

15.12.1904

15.12.1904
(20.1.1905)
(3.2.1905)
(29.3.1905)
(28.4.1905)
(22.5.1905)

 

Second session

 

28.6.1905

21.12.1905

21.12.1905)
(31.1.1906)
(29.3.1906)
(4.5.1906)

 

Third session

 

7.6.1906

12.10.1906

12.10.1906
(26.10.1906)

5.11.1906

Third Parliament

12.12.1906

 

 

 

 

First session

 

20.2.1907

21.2.1907

22.2.1907
(5.4.1907)
(18.5.1907)

 

Second session

 

3.7.1907

5.6.1908

11.6.1908
(14.7.1908)
(13.8.1908)

 

Third session

 

16.9.1908

11.12.1908

15.12.1908
(19.1.1909)
(5.3.1909)
(7.4.1909)

 

Fourth session

 

26.5.1909

8.12.1909

13.12.1909
(18.1.1910)

 

19.2.1910 (expired)

Fourth Parliament

13.4.1910

 

 

 

 

First session

 

1.7.1910

25.11.1910

29.11.1910
(2.2.1911)
(17.3.1911)
(2.5.1911)
(9.6.1911)
(24.7.1911)
(1.8.1911)

 

Second session

 

5.9.1911

19–21.12.1911

22.12.1911
(1.2.1912)
(13.3.1912)
(19.4.1912)
(22.5.1912)

 

Third session

 

19.6.1912

20–21.12.1912

8.1.1913
(21.2.1913)
(4.4.1913)

23.4.1913

Fifth Parliament

31.5.1913

 

 

 

 

First Session

 

9.7.1913

18–19.12.1913

19.12.1913
(29.1.1914)
(11.3.1914)

 

Second session

 

15.4.1914

26.6.1914

27.6.1914

30.7.1914

Sixth Parliament

5.9.1914

 

 

 

 

First session

 

8.10.1914

16–17.3.1917

20.3.1917

26.3.1917

Seventh Parliament

5.5.1917

 

 

 

 

First session

 

14.6.1917

14.6.1917

16.6.1917

 

Second session

 

11.7.1917

24.10.1919

28.10.1919

3.11.1919

Eighth Parliament

13.12.1919

 

 

 

 

First session

 

26.2.1920

9–10.12.1921

5.1.1922
(10.3.1922)
(11.5.1922)

 

Second session

 

28.6.1922

12–14.10.1922

18.10.1922

6.11.1922

Ninth Parliament

16.12.1922

 

 

 

 

First session

 

28.2.1923

9.3.1923

21.3.1923
(16.5.1923)

 

Second session

 

13.6.1923

9–10.10.1924

30.4.1925

 

Third session

 

10.6.1925

23–25.9.1925

28.9.1925

3.10.1925

Tenth Parliament

14.11.1925

 

 

 

 

First session

 

13.1.1926

21–22.9.1928

 

9.10.1928

Eleventh Parliament

17.11.1928

 

 

 

 

First session

 

6.2.1929

12.9.1929

 

16.9.1929

Twelfth Parliament

12.10.1929

 

 

 

 

First session

 

20.11.1929

26.11.1931

 

27.11.1931

Thirteenth Parliament

19.12.1931

 

 

 

 

First session

 

17.2.1932

1–2.8.1934

 

7.8.1934

Fourteenth Parliament

15.9.1934

 

 

 

 

First session

 

23.10.1934

11.12.1936

27.5.1937

 

Second session

 

17.6.1937

15.9.1937

 

21.9.1937

Fifteenth Parliament

23.10.1937

 

 

 

 

First session

 

30.11.1937

7–8.12.1939

14.3.1940

 

Second session

 

17.4.1940

21–22.8.1940

 

27.8.1940

Sixteenth Parliament

21.9.1940

 

 

 

 

First Session

 

20.11.1940

1.7.1943

 

7.7.1943

Seventeenth Parliament

21.8.1943

 

 

 

 

First session

 

23.9.1943

30–31.3.1944

5.7.1944

 

Second session

 

17.7.1944

1.12.1944

8.2.1945

 

Third session

 

21.2.1945

9.8.1946

 

16.8.1946

Eighteenth Parliament

28.9.1946

 

 

 

 

First session

 

6.11.1946

17–18.6.1948

4.8.1948

 

Second session

 

1.9.1948

27.10.1949

 

31.10.1949

Nineteenth Parliament

10.12.1949

 

 

 

 

First session

 

22.2.1950

16.3.1951

 

19.3.1951

Twentieth Parliament

28.4.1951

 

 

 

 

First session

 

12.6.1951

22.10.1953

30.10.1953

 

Second session

 

10.11.1953

2–3.12.1953

4.2.1954

 

Third session

 

15.2.1954

14.4.1954

 

21.4.1954

Twenty-first Parliament

29.5.1954

 

 

 

 

First session

 

4.8.1954

27–28.10.1955

 

4.11.1955

Twenty-second Parliament

10.12.1955

 

 

 

 

First session

 

15.2.1956

8.11.1956

7.3.1957

 

Second session

 

19.3.1957

5.12.1957

11.2.1958

 

Third session

 

25.2.1958

1–2.10.1958

 

14.10.1958

Twenty-third Parliament

22.11.1958

 

 

 

 

First session

 

17.2.1959

3.12.1959

10.2.1960

 

Second session

 

8.3.1960

8–9.12.1960

20.2.1961

 

Third session

 

7.3.1961

26–27.10.1961

 

2.11.1961

Twenty-fourth Parliament

9.12.1961

 

 

 

 

First session

 

20.2.1962

30.10.1963

 

1.11.1963

Twenty-fifth Parliament

30.11.1963

 

 

 

 

First session

 

25.2.1964

28.10.1966

 

31.10.1966

Twenty-sixth Parliament

26.11.1966

 

 

 

 

First session

 

21.2.1967

8–9.11.1967

9.2.1968

 

Second session

 

12.3.1968

26.9.1969

 

29.9.1969

Twenty-seventh Parliament

25.10.1969

 

 

 

 

First session

 

25.11.1969

25–26.11.1969

23.2.1970

 

Second session

 

3.3.1970

26.10.1972

 

2.11.1972

Twenty-eighth Parliament

2.12.1972

 

 

 

 

First session

 

27.2.1973

13.12.1973

14.2.1974

 

Second session

 

28.2.1974

10.4.1974

 

11.4.1974

Twenty-ninth Parliament

18.5.1974

 

 

 

 

First Session

 

9.7.1974

11.11.1975

 

11.11.1975

Thirtieth Parliament

13.12.1975

 

 

 

 

First session

 

17.2.1976

24.2.1977

28.2.1977

 

Second session

 

8.3.1977

8.11.1977

 

10.11.1977

Thirty-first Parliament

10.12.1977

 

 

 

 

First session

 

21.2.1978

18.9.1980

 

19.9.1980

Thirty-second Parliament

18.10.1980

 

 

 

 

First Session

 

25.11.1980

14–15.12.1982

 

4.2.1983

Thirty-third Parliament

5.3.1983

 

 

 

 

First session

 

21.4.1983

11.10.1984

 

26.10.1984

Thirty-fourth Parliament

1.12.1984

 

 

 

 

First session

 

21.2.1985

4.6.1987

 

5.6.1987

Thirty-fifth Parliament

11.7.1987

 

 

 

 

First session

 

14.9.1987

22.12.1989

 

19.2.1990

Thirty-sixth Parliament

24.3.1990

 

 

 

 

First session

 

8.5.1990

17–18.12.1992

8.2.1993

8.2.1993

Thirty-seventh Parliament

13.3.1993

 

 

 

 

First session

 

4.5.1993

30.11–1.12.1995

29.1.1996

29.1.1996

Thirty-eighth Parliament

2.3.1996

 

 

 

 

First session

 

30.4.1996

15.7.1998

31.8.1998

31.8.1998

Thirty-ninth Parliament

3.10.1998

 

 

 

 

First session

 

10.11.1998

27.9.2001

8.10.2001

8.10.2001

Fortieth Parliament

10.11.2001

 

 

 

 

First session

 

12.2.2002

12–13.8.2004

31.8.2004

31.8.2004

Forty-first Parliament

9.10.2004

 

 

 

 

First session

 

16.11.2004

20.9.2007

15.10.2007

17.10.2007

Forty-second Parliament

24.11.2007

 

 

 

 

First session

 

12.2.2008

24.6.2010

19.7.2010

19.7.2010

Forty-third Parliament

21.8.2010

 

 

 

 

First session

 

28.9.2010

27.6.2013

5.8.2013

5.8.2013

Forty-fourth Parliament

7.9.2013

 

 

 

 

First session

 

12.11.2013

17–18.3.2016

15.4.2016

 

Second session

 

18.4.2016

5.5.2016

 

9.5.2016

Forty-fifth Parliament

2.7.2016

 

 

 

 

First session

 

30.8.2016