1 Parliament was prorogued on 22 October to 14 November 1903; Parliament was further prorogued on 11 November to 24 November.
2 The Senate's power to meet during a dissolution of the House was declared most recently in the following Resolution, passed by the Senate on 22 October 1984:
That the Senate declares that where the Senate, or a committee of the Senate which is empowered to do so, meets following a dissolution of the House of Representatives and prior to the next meeting of that House, the powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate, of its members and of its committees, as provided by section 49 of the Constitution, are in force in respect of such meeting and all proceedings thereof.