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43rd Parliamentary Handbook
- Preface
- Part 1 - National Symbols
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Part 2 - The Forty-third Parliament
- The Australian Parliament
- The Sovereign
- The Governor-General
- Senate
- House of Representatives
- The Ministry
- The Shadow Ministry*
- Parliamentary committees*
- Statistical information as at 1.7.2011
- Officers of the departments of the 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 of the Senate since 1901
- Members of the House of Representatives 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 - LIB-NPA Coalition Shadow Ministry 11.3.1983 - 11.3.1996
- Shadow Ministries - ALP Shadow Ministry 19.3.1996 - 3.12.2007
- Shadow Ministries - LIB-NP Coalition Shadow Ministry from 3.12.2007
- 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 |
10.10.1902* |
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14.11.1902+ |
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15.12.1902+ |
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21.1.1903+ |
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20.2.1903+ |
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31.3.1903+ |
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Second Session |
26.5.1903 |
22.10.1903 |
22.10.1903* |
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11.11.1903+ |
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Second |
16.12.1903 |
5.11.1906 |
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First Session |
2.3.1904 |
15.12.1904 |
15.12.1904* |
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20.1.1905+ |
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3.2.1905+ |
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29.3.1905+ |
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28.4.1905+ |
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22.5.1905+ |
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Second Session |
28.6.1905 |
21.12.1905 |
21.12.1905* |
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31.1.1906+ |
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29.3.1906+ |
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4.5.1906+ |
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Third Session |
7.6.1906 |
12.10.1906 |
12.10.1906* |
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26.10.1906+ |
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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 |
(expired) |
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5.4.1907+ |
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18.5.1907+ |
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Second Session |
3.7.1907 |
5.6.1908 |
11.6.1908 |
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14.7.1908+ |
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13.8.1908+ |
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Third Session |
16.9.1908 |
11.12.1908 |
15.12.1908 |
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19.1.1909+ |
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5.3.1909+ |
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7.4.1909+ |
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Fourth Session |
26.5.1909 |
8.12.1909 |
13.12.1909 |
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18.1.1910+ |
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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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2.2.1911* |
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17.3.1911* |
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2.5.1911* |
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First Session |
9.6.1911+ |
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24.7.1911+ |
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1.8.1911+ |
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Second Session |
5.9.1911 |
21.12.1911 |
22.12.1911+ |
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1.2.1912+ |
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13.3.1912+ |
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19.4.1912+ |
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22.5.1912+ |
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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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29.1.1914+ |
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11.3.1914+ |
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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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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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10.3.1922+ |
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11.5.1922+ |
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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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16.5.1923+ |
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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 |
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Twelfth |
12.10.1929 |
27.11.1931 |
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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 |
14.12.1982** |
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16.12.1982++ |
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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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24.10.1984++ |
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Thirty-fourth |
1.12.1984 |
5.6.1987 |
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First Session |
21.2.1985 |
4.6.1987** |
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5.6.1987++ |
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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 |
8.2.1993# |
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Thirty-seventh |
13.3.1993 |
29.1.1996 |
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First Session |
4.5.1993 |
30.11.1995 |
29.1.1996# |
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Thirty-eighth |
2.3.1996 |
31.8.1998 |
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First Session |
30.4.1996 |
12.7.1998++ |
31.8.1998# |
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15.7.1998** |
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Thirty-ninth |
3.10.1998 |
8.10.2001 |
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First Session |
10.11.1998 |
27.9.2001 |
8.10.2001# |
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Fortieth |
10.11.2001 |
31.8.2004 |
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First Session |
12.2.2002 |
13.8.2004** |
31.8.2004# |
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30.8.2004++ |
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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 |
19.7.2010 |
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First Session |
12.2.2008 |
24.6.2010 |
19.7.2010# |
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Forty-third |
21.8.2010 |
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First Session |
28.9.2010 |