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Appendix 15
Fifth Edition
Appendix 15 Chronology of Parliaments
| Parliament |
General elections |
Opening |
House’s last sitting day |
Prorogation (further prorogation) |
Dissolution |
| First Parliament |
29 & 30.3.1901 |
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| 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) |
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| |
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23.11.1903 |
| Second Parliament |
16.12.1903 |
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| 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) |
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| Second Session |
|
28.6.1905 |
21.12.1905 |
21.12.1905)
(31.1.1906)
(29.3.1906)
(4.5.1906) |
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| Third Session |
|
7.6.1906 |
12.10.1906 |
12.10.1906
(26.10.1906) |
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5.11.1906 |
| Third Parliament |
12.12.1906 |
|
|
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|
| First Session |
|
20.2.1907 |
21.2.1907 |
22.2.1907
(5.4.1907)
(18.5.1907) |
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| Second Session |
|
3.7.1907 |
5.6.1908 |
11.6.1908
(14.7.1908)
(13.8.1908) |
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| Third Session |
|
16.9.1908 |
11.12.1908 |
15.12.1908
(19.1.1909)
(5.3.1909)
(7.4.1909) |
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| Fourth Session |
|
26.5.1909 |
8.12.1909 |
13.12.1909
(18.1.1910) |
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|
19.2.1910 (expired) |
| Fourth Parliament |
13.4.1910 |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| |
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|
|
23.4.1913 |
| Fifth Parliament |
31.5.1913 |
|
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| First Session |
|
9.7.1913 |
18–19.12.1913 |
19.12.1913
(29.1.1914)
(11.3.1914) |
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| Second Session |
|
15.4.1914 |
26.6.1914 |
27.6.1914 |
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30.7.1914 |
| Sixth Parliament |
5.9.1914 |
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| First Session |
|
8.10.1914 |
16–17.3.1917 |
20.3.1917 |
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| |
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|
26.3.1917 |
| Seventh Parliament |
5.5.1917 |
|
|
|
|
| First Session |
|
14.6.1917 |
14.6.1917 |
16.6.1917 |
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| Second Session |
|
11.7.1917 |
24.10.1919 |
28.10.1919 |
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3.11.1919 |
| Eighth Parliament |
13.12.1919 |
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| First Session |
|
26.2.1920 |
9–10.12.1921 |
5.1.1922
(10.3.1922)
(11.5.1922) |
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| Second Session |
|
28.6.1922 |
12–14.10.1922 |
18.10.1922 |
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6.11.1922 |
| Ninth Parliament |
16.12.1922 |
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|
| 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 |
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3.10.1925 |
| Tenth Parliament |
14.11.1925 |
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| First Session |
|
13.1.1926 |
21–22.9.1928 |
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9.10.1928 |
| Eleventh Parliament |
17.11.1928 |
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| First Session |
|
6.2.1929 |
12.9.1929 |
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16.9.1929 |
| Twelfth Parliament |
12.10.1929 |
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| First Session |
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20.11.1929 |
26.11.1931 |
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27.11.1931 |
| Thirteenth Parliament |
19.12.1931 |
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| First Session |
|
17.2.1932 |
1–2.8.1934 |
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7.8.1934 |
| Fourteenth Parliament |
15.9.1934 |
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| First Session |
|
23.10.1934 |
11.12.1936 |
27.5.1937 |
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| Second Session |
|
17.6.1937 |
15.9.1937 |
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21.9.1937 |
| Fifteenth Parliament |
23.10.1937 |
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| First Session |
|
30.11.1937 |
7–8.12.1939 |
14.3.1940 |
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| Second Session |
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17.4.1940 |
21–22.8.1940 |
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27.8.1940 |
| Sixteenth Parliament |
21.9.1940 |
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| First Session |
|
20.11.1940 |
1.7.1943 |
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7.7.1943 |
| Seventeenth Parliament |
21.8.1943 |
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| First Session |
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23.9.1943 |
30–31.3.1944 |
5.7.1944 |
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| Second Session |
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17.7.1944 |
1.12.1944 |
8.2.1945 |
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| Third Session |
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21.2.1945 |
9.8.1946 |
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16.8.1946 |
| Eighteenth Parliament |
28.9.1946 |
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| First Session |
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6.11.1946 |
17–18.6.1948 |
4.8.1948 |
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| Second Session |
|
1.9.1948 |
27.10.1949 |
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31.10.1949 |
| Nineteenth Parliament |
10.12.1949 |
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| First Session |
|
22.2.1950 |
16.3.1951 |
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19.3.1951 |
| Twentieth Parliament |
28.4.1951 |
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| First Session |
|
12.6.1951 |
22.10.1953 |
30.10.1953 |
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| Second Session |
|
10.11.1953 |
2–3.12.1953 |
4.2.1954 |
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| Third Session |
|
15.2.1954 |
14.4.1954 |
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21.4.1954 |
| Twenty-first Parliament |
29.5.1954 |
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| First Session |
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4.8.1954 |
27–28.10.1955 |
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4.11.1955 |
| Twenty-second Parliament |
10.12.1955 |
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| First Session |
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15.2.1956 |
8.11.1956 |
7.3.1957 |
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| Second Session |
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19.3.1957 |
5.12.1957 |
11.2.1958 |
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| Third Session |
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25.2.1958 |
1–2.10.1958 |
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14.10.1958 |
| Twenty-third Parliament |
22.11.1958 |
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| First Session |
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17.2.1959 |
3.12.1959 |
10.2.1960 |
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| Second Session |
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8.3.1960 |
8–9.12.1960 |
20.2.1961 |
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| Third Session |
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7.3.1961 |
26–27.10.1961 |
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2.11.1961 |
| Twenty-fourth Parliament |
9.12.1961 |
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| First Session |
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20.2.1962 |
30.10.1963 |
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1.11.1963 |
| Twenty-fifth Parliament |
30.11.1963 |
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| First Session |
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25.2.1964 |
28.10.1966 |
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31.10.1966 |
| Twenty-sixth Parliament |
26.11.1966 |
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| First Session |
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21.2.1967 |
8–9.11.1967 |
9.2.1968 |
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| Second Session |
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12.3.1968 |
26.9.1969 |
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29.9.1969 |
| Twenty-seventh Parliament |
25.10.1969 |
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| First Session |
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25.11.1969 |
25–26.11.1969 |
23.2.1970 |
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| Second Session |
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3.3.1970 |
26.10.1972 |
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2.11.1972 |
| Twenty-eighth Parliament |
2.12.1972 |
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| First Session |
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27.2.1973 |
13.12.1973 |
14.2.1974 |
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| Second Session |
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28.2.1974 |
10.4.1974 |
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11.4.1974 |
| Twenty-ninth Parliament |
18.5.1974 |
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| First Session |
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9.7.1974 |
11.11.1975 |
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11.11.1975 |
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| Thirtieth Parliament |
13.12.1975 |
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| First Session |
|
17.2.1976 |
24.2.1977 |
28.2.1977 |
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| Second Session |
|
8.3.1977 |
8.11.1977 |
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10.11.1977 |
| Thirty-first Parliament |
10.12.1977 |
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| First Session |
|
21.2.1978 |
18.9.1980 |
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19.9.1980 |
| Thirty-second Parliament |
18.10.1980 |
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| First Session |
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25.11.1980 |
14–15.12.1982 |
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4.2.1983 |
| Thirty-third Parliament |
5.3.1983 |
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| First Session |
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21.4.1983 |
11.10.1984 |
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26.10.1984 |
| Thirty-fourth Parliament |
1.12.1984 |
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| First Session |
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21.2.1985 |
4.6.1987 |
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5.6.1987 |
| Thirty-fifth Parliament |
11.7.1987 |
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| First Session |
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14.9.1987 |
22.12.1989 |
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19.2.1990 |
| Thirty-sixth Parliament |
24.3.1990 |
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| First Session |
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8.5.1990 |
17–18.12.1992 |
8.2.1993 |
8.2.1993 |
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| Thirty-seventh Parliament |
13.3.1993 |
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| First Session |
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4.5.1993 |
30.11–1.12.1995 |
29.1.1996 |
29.1.1996 |
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| Thirty-eighth Parliament |
2.3.1996 |
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| First Session |
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30.4.1996 |
15.7.1998 |
31.8.1998 |
31.8.1998 |
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| Thirty-ninth Parliament |
3.10.1998 |
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| First Session |
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10.11.1998 |
27.9.2001 |
8.10.2001 |
8.10.2001 |
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| Fortieth Parliament |
10.11.2001 |
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| First Session |
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12.2.2002 |
12–13.8.2004 |
31.8.2004 |
31.8.2004 |
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| Forty-first Parliament |
9.10.2004 |
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| First Session |
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16.11.2004 |
20.9.2007 |
15.10.2007 |
17.10.2007 |
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| Forty-second Parliament |
24.11.2007 |
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| First Session |
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12.2.2008 |
24.6.2010 |
19.7.2010 |
19.7.2010 |
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| Forty-third Parliament |
21.8.2010 |
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| First Session |
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28.9.2010 |
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