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Handbook Of The 42nd Parliament
- Preface
- Part 1 - National Symbols
- Part 2 - The Forty-second Parliament
- Part 3 - Elections
- Part 4 - The Constitution
- Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites
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Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament
- Governors-General
- Chronology of Parliaments
- Party representation in Parliament
- Members since 1901
- Members who have served in both chambers
- Longest serving members
- Women in Parliament
- Number of women in Parliament
- Prime Ministers
- Leaders of the Opposition
- Ministries and Cabinets
- Shadow ministries
- Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers
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Parliament |
Elected |
Opened |
Closed |
Prorogued |
Dissolved |
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First |
29 - 30.3.1901 |
23.11.1903 |
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First Session |
9.5.1901 |
10.10.1902 |
10.10.1902a |
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14.11.1902b |
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15.12.1902b |
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21.1.1903b |
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20.2.1903b |
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31.3.1903b |
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Second Session |
26.5.1903 |
22.10.1903 |
22.10.1903a |
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11.11.1903b |
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Second |
16.12.1903 |
5.11.1906 |
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First Session |
2.3.1904 |
15.12.1904 |
15.12.1904a |
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20.1.1905b |
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3.2.1905b |
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29.3.1905b |
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28.4.1905b |
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22.5.1905b |
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Second Session |
28.6.1905 |
21.12.1905 |
21.12.1905a |
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31.1.1906b |
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29.3.1906b |
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4.5.1906b |
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Third Session |
7.6.1906 |
12.10.1906 |
12.10.1906a |
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26.10.1906b |
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Third |
12.12.1906 |
19.2.1910 |
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First Session |
20.2.1907 |
21.2.1907 |
22.2.1907 |
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5.4.1907b |
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18.5.1907b |
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Second Session |
3.7.1907 |
5.6.1908 |
11.6.1908 |
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14.7.1908b |
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13.8.1908b |
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Third Session |
16.9.1908 |
11.12.1908 |
15.12.1908 |
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19.1.1909b |
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5.3.1909b |
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7.4.1909b |
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Fourth Session |
26.5.1909 |
8.12.1909 |
13.12.1909 |
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18.1.1910b |
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Fourth |
13.4.1910 |
23.4.1913 |
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First Session |
1.7.1910 |
25.11.1910 |
29.11.1910 |
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2.2.1911a |
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17.3.1911a |
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2.5.1911a |
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9.6.1911a |
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24.7.1911a |
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1.8.1911a |
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Second Session |
5.9.1911 |
21.12.1911 |
22.12.1911c |
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1.2.1912c |
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13.3.1912c |
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19.4.1912c |
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22.5.1912c |
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Third Session |
19.6.1912 |
21.12.1912 |
8.1.1913 |
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Fifth |
31.5.1913 |
30.7.1914 |
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First Session |
9.7.1913 |
19.12.1913 |
19.12.1913 |
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29.1.1914c |
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11.3.1914c |
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Second Session |
15.4.1914 |
26.6.1914 |
27.6.1914 |
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Sixth |
5.9.1914 |
26.3.1917 |
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First Session |
8.10.1914 |
17.3.1917 |
20.3.1917 |
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Seventh |
5.5.1917 |
3.11.1919 |
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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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Eighth |
13.12.1919 |
6.11.1922 |
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First Session |
26.2.1920 |
10.12.1921 |
5.1.1922 |
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10.3.1922c |
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11.5.1922c |
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Second Session |
28.6.1922 |
14.10.1922 |
18.10.1922 |
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Ninth |
16.12.1922 |
3.10.1925 |
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First Session |
28.2.1923 |
15.3.1923 |
21.3.1923 |
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16.5.1923c |
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Second Session |
13.6.1923 |
10.10.1924 |
30.4.1925 |
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Third Session |
10.6.1925 |
25.9.1925 |
28.9.1925 |
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Tenth |
14.11.1925 |
9.10.1928 |
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First Session |
13.1.1926 |
22.9.1928 |
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Eleventh |
17.11.1928 |
16.9.1929 |
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First Session |
6.2.1929 |
12.9.1929 |
27.11.1931 |
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Twelfth |
12.10.1929 |
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First Session |
20.11.1929 |
26.11.1931 |
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Thirteenth |
19.12.1931 |
7.8.1934 |
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First Session |
17.2.1932 |
2.8.1934 |
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Fourteenth |
15.9.1934 |
21.9.1937 |
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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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Fifteenth |
23.10.1937 |
27.8.1940 |
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First Session |
30.11.1937 |
8.12.1939 |
14.3.1940 |
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Second Session |
17.4.1940 |
22.8.1940 |
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Sixteenth |
21.9.1940 |
7.7.1943 |
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First Session |
20.11.1940 |
1.7.1943 |
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Seventeenth |
21.8.1943 |
16.8.1946 |
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First Session |
23.9.1943 |
31.3.1944 |
5.7.1944 |
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Second Session |
17.7.1944 |
1.12.1944 |
8.2.1945 |
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Third Session |
21.2.1945 |
9.8.1946 |
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Eighteenth |
28.9.1946 |
31.10.1949 |
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First Session |
6.11.1946 |
18.6.1948 |
4.8.1948 |
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Second Session |
1.9.1948 |
27.10.1949 |
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Nineteenth |
10.12.1949 |
19.3.1951 |
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First Session |
22.2.1950 |
16.3.1951 |
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Twentieth |
28.4.1951 |
21.4.1954 |
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First Session |
12.6.1951 |
22.10.1953 |
30.10.1953 |
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Second Session |
10.11.1953 |
3.12.1953 |
4.2.1954 |
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Third Session |
15.2.1954 |
14.4.1954 |
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Twenty-first |
29.5.1954 |
4.11.1955 |
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First Session |
4.8.1954 |
28.10.1955 |
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Twenty-second |
10.12.1955 |
14.10.1958 |
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First Session |
15.2.1956 |
8.11.1956 |
7.3.1957 |
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Second Session |
19.3.1957 |
5.12.1957 |
11.2.1958 |
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Third Session |
25.2.1958 |
2.10.1958 |
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Twenty-third |
22.11.1958 |
2.11.1961 |
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First Session |
17.2.1959 |
3.12.1959 |
10.2.1960 |
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Second Session |
8.3.1960 |
9.12.1960 |
20.2.1961 |
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Third Session |
7.3.1961 |
27.10.1961 |
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Twenty-fourth |
9.12.1961 |
1.11.1963 |
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First Session |
20.2.1962 |
30.10.1963 |
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Twenty-fifth |
30.11.1963 |
31.10.1966 |
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First Session |
25.2.1964 |
28.10.1966 |
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Twenty-sixth |
26.11.1966 |
29.9.1969 |
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First Session |
21.2.1967 |
9.11.1967 |
9.2.1968 |
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Second Session |
12.3.1968 |
26.9.1969 |
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Twenty-seventh |
25.10.1969 |
2.11.1972 |
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First Session |
25.11.1969 |
26.11.1969 |
23.2.1970 |
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Second Session |
3.3.1970 |
31.10.1972 |
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Twenty-eighth |
2.12.1972 |
11.4.1974 |
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First Session |
27.2.1973 |
13.12.1973 |
14.2.1974 |
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Second Session |
28.2.1974 |
10.4.1974 |
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Twenty-ninth |
18.5.1974 |
11.11.1975 |
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First Session |
9.7.1974 |
11.11.1975 |
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Thirtieth |
13.12.1975 |
10.11.1977 |
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First Session |
17.2.1976 |
25.2.1977 |
28.2.1977 |
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Second Session |
8.3.1977 |
9.11.1977 |
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Thirty-first |
10.12.1977 |
19.9.1980 |
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First Session |
21.2.1978 |
18.9.1980 |
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Thirty-second |
18.10.1980 |
4.2.1983 |
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First Session |
25.11.1980 |
14.12.1982d |
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16.12.1982e |
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Thirty-third |
5.3.1983 |
26.10.1984 |
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First Session |
21.4.1983 |
11.10.1984 |
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24.10.1984e |
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Thirty-fourth |
1.12.1984 |
5.6.1987 |
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First Session |
21.2.1985 |
4.6.1987d |
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5.6.1987e |
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Thirty-fifth |
11.7.1987 |
19.2.1990 |
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First Session |
14.9.1987 |
22.12.1989 |
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Thirty-sixth |
24.3.1990 |
8.2.1993 |
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First Session |
8.5.1990 |
18.12.1992 |
8.2.1993f |
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Thirty-seventh |
13.3.1993 |
29.1.1996 |
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First Session |
4.5.1993 |
30.11.1995 |
29.1.1996f |
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Thirty-eighth |
2.3.1996 |
31.8.1998 |
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First Session |
30.4.1996 |
12.7.1998e |
31.8.1998f |
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15.7.1998d |
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Thirty-ninth |
3.10.1998 |
8.10.2001 |
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First Session |
10.11.1998 |
27.9.2001 |
8.10.2001f |
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Fortieth |
10.11.2001 |
31.8.2004 |
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First Session |
12.2.2002 |
13.8.2004d |
31.8.2004f |
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30.8.2004e |
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Forty-first |
9.10.2004 |
17.10.2007 |
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First Session |
16.11.2004 |
20.9.2007 |
15.10.2007 |
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Forty-second |
24.11.2007 |
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First Session |
12.2.2008 |
a) Parliament prorogued by Governor-General in an address to members of both Houses in the Senate Chamber.
b) Parliament further prorogued.
c) Parliament further prorogued.
f) Parliament was prorogued one minute before the House of Representatives was dissolved.