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Chronology of Parliaments

Parliament	Elected	Opened	Closed	Prorogued	Dissolved
First	29 – 30.3.1901				23.11.1903
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†
Second	16.12.1903				5.11.1906
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†
Third	12.12.1906				19.2.1910
First Session		20.2.1907	21.2.1907	22.2.1907	(expired)
				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†
* Parliament prorogued by Governor-General in an address to members of both Houses in the Senate Chamber.
† Parliament further prorogued.
Parliament	Elected	Opened	Closed	Prorogued	Dissolved
Fourth	13.4.1910				23.4.1913
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	21.12.1911	22.12.1911*
				1.2.1912*
				13.3.1912*
				19.4.1912*
				22.5.1912*
Third Session		19.6.1912	21.12.1912	8.1.1913
Fifth	31.5.1913				30.7.1914
First Session		9.7.1913	19.12.1913	19.12.1913
				29.1.1914*
				11.3.1914*
Second Session		15.4.1914	26.6.1914	27.6.1914
Sixth	5.9.1914				26.3.1917
First Session		8.10.1914	17.3.1917	20.3.1917
Seventh	5.5.1917				3.11.1919
First Session		14.6.1917	14.6.1917	16.6.1917
Second Session		11.7.1917	24.10.1919	28.10.1919
Eighth	13.12.1919				6.11.1922
First Session		26.2.1920	10.12.1921	5.1.1922
				10.3.1922*
				11.5.1922*
Second Session		28.6.1922	14.10.1922	18.10.1922
Ninth	16.12.1922				3.10.1925
First Session		28.2.1923	15.3.1923	21.3.1923
				16.5.1923*
Second Session		13.6.1923	10.10.1924	30.4.1925
Third Session		10.6.1925	25.9.1925	28.9.1925
Tenth	14.11.1925				9.10.1928
First Session		13.1.1926	22.9.1928
Eleventh	17.11.1928				16.9.1929
First Session		6.2.1929	12.9.1929
Twelfth	12.10.1929				27.11.1931
First Session		20.11.1929	26.11.1931
Thirteenth	19.12.1931				7.8.1934
First Session		17.2.1932	2.8.1934
* Parliament further prorogued.
Parliament	Elected	Opened	Closed	Prorogued	Dissolved
Fourteenth	15.9.1934				21.9.1937
First Session		23.10.1934	11.12.1936	27.5.1937
Second Session		17.6.1937	15.9.1937
Fifteenth	23.10.1937				27.8.1940
First Session		30.11.1937	8.12.1939	14.3.1940
Second Session		17.4.1940	22.8.1940
Sixteenth	21.9.1940				7.7.1943
First Session		20.11.1940	1.7.1943
Seventeenth	21.8.1943				16.8.1946
First Session		23.9.1943	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
Eighteenth	28.9.1946				31.10.1949
First Session		6.11.1946	18.6.1948	4.8.1948
Second Session		1.9.1948	27.10.1949
Nineteenth	10.12.1949				19.3.1951
First Session		22.2.1950	16.3.1951
Twentieth	28.4.1951				21.4.1954
First Session		12.6.1951	22.10.1953	30.10.1953
Second Session		10.11.1953	3.12.1953	4.2.1954
Third Session		15.2.1954	14.4.1954
Twenty-first	29.5.1954				4.11.1955
First Session		4.8.1954	28.10.1955
Twenty-second	10.12.1955				14.10.1958
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	2.10.1958
Twenty-third	22.11.1958				2.11.1961
First Session		17.2.1959	3.12.1959	10.2.1960
Second Session		8.3.1960	9.12.1960	20.2.1961
Third Session		7.3.1961	27.10.1961
Twenty-fourth	9.12.1961				1.11.1963
First Session		20.2.1962	30.10.1963
Twenty-fifth	30.11.1963				31.10.1966
First Session		25.2.1964	28.10.1966
Twenty-sixth	26.11.1966				29.9.1969
First Session		21.2.1967	9.11.1967	9.2.1968
Second Session		12.3.1968	26.9.1969
Twenty-seventh	25.10.1969				2.11.1972
First Session		25.11.1969	26.11.1969	23.2.1970
Second Session		3.3.1970	31.10.1972
Twenty-eighth	2.12.1972				11.4.1974
First Session		27.2.1973	13.12.1973	14.2.1974
Second Session		28.2.1974	10.4.1974
Twenty-ninth	18.5.1974				11.11.1975
First Session		9.7.1974	11.11.1975
Thirtieth	13.12.1975				10.11.1977
First Session		17.2.1976	25.2.1977	28.2.1977
Second Session		8.3.1977	9.11.1977
Thirty-first	10.12.1977				19.9.1980
First Session		21.2.1978	18.9.1980
Thirty-second	18.10.1980				4.2.1983
First Session		25.11.1980	14.12.1982*
			16.12.1982†
Thirty-third	5.3.1983				26.10.1984
First Session		21.4.1983	11.10.1984*
			24.10.1985†
Thirty-fourth	1.12.1984				5.6.1987
First Session		21.2.1985	4.6.1987*
			5.6.1987†
Thirty-fifth	11.7.1987				19.2.1990
First Session		14.9.1987	22.12.1989
Thirty-sixth	24.3.1990				8.2.1993
First Session		8.5.1990	18.12.1992	8.2.1993‡
Thirty-seventh	13.3.1993				29.1.1996
First Session		4.5.1993	30.11.1995	29.1.1996‡
Thirty-eighth	2.3.1996				31.8.1998
First Session		30.4.1996	12.7.1998†	31.8.1998‡
			15.7.1998*
Thirty-ninth	3.10.1998				8.10.2001
First Session		10.11.1998	27.9.2001	8.10.2001‡
Fortieth	10.11.2001				31.8.2004
First Session		12.2.2002	13.8.2004*	31.8.2004‡
			30.8.2004†
Forty-first	9.10.2004				17.10.2007
First Session		16.11.2004	20.9.2007	15.10.2007
Forty-second	24.11.2007
First Session		12.2.2008
* House of Representatives.
† Senate.
‡ Parliament was prorogued one minute before the House of Representatives was dissolved.

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