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Appendix 15 - Chronology of Parliaments

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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

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	21.08.2010
First session		28.9.2010

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