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Chronology of Parliaments
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Parliament
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Elected
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Opened
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Closed
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Prorogued
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Dissolved
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First
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29 - 30.3.1901
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23.11.1903
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First Session
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9.5.1901
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10.10.1902
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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
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26.5.1903
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22.10.1903
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22.10.1903a
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11.11.1903b
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Second
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16.12.1903
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5.11.1906
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First Session
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2.3.1904
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15.12.1904
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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
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28.6.1905
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21.12.1905
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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
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7.6.1906
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12.10.1906
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12.10.1906a
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26.10.1906b
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Third
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12.12.1906
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19.2.1910
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First Session
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20.2.1907
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21.2.1907
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22.2.1907
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(expired)
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5.4.1907b
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18.5.1907b
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Second Session
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3.7.1907
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5.6.1908
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11.6.1908
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14.7.1908b
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13.8.1908b
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Third Session
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16.9.1908
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11.12.1908
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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
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26.5.1909
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8.12.1909
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13.12.1909
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18.1.1910b
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Fourth
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13.4.1910
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23.4.1913
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First Session
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1.7.1910
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25.11.1910
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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
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5.9.1911
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21.12.1911
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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
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19.6.1912
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21.12.1912
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8.1.1913
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Fifth
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31.5.1913
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30.7.1914
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First Session
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9.7.1913
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19.12.1913
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19.12.1913
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29.1.1914c
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11.3.1914c
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Second Session
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15.4.1914
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26.6.1914
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27.6.1914
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Sixth
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5.9.1914
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26.3.1917
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First Session
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8.10.1914
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17.3.1917
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20.3.1917
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Seventh
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5.5.1917
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3.11.1919
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First Session
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14.6.1917
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14.6.1917
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16.6.1917
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Second Session
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11.7.1917
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24.10.1919
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28.10.1919
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Eighth
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13.12.1919
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6.11.1922
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First Session
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26.2.1920
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10.12.1921
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5.1.1922
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10.3.1922c
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11.5.1922c
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Second Session
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28.6.1922
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14.10.1922
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18.10.1922
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Ninth
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16.12.1922
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3.10.1925
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First Session
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28.2.1923
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15.3.1923
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21.3.1923
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16.5.1923c
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Second Session
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13.6.1923
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10.10.1924
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30.4.1925
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Third Session
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10.6.1925
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25.9.1925
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28.9.1925
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Tenth
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14.11.1925
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9.10.1928
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First Session
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13.1.1926
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22.9.1928
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Eleventh
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17.11.1928
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16.9.1929
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First Session
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6.2.1929
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12.9.1929
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27.11.1931
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Twelfth
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12.10.1929
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First Session
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20.11.1929
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26.11.1931
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Thirteenth
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19.12.1931
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7.8.1934
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First Session
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17.2.1932
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2.8.1934
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Fourteenth
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15.9.1934
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21.9.1937
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First Session
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23.10.1934
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11.12.1936
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27.5.1937
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Second Session
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17.6.1937
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15.9.1937
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Fifteenth
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23.10.1937
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27.8.1940
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First Session
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30.11.1937
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8.12.1939
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14.3.1940
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Second Session
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17.4.1940
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22.8.1940
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Sixteenth
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21.9.1940
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7.7.1943
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First Session
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20.11.1940
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1.7.1943
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Seventeenth
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21.8.1943
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16.8.1946
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First Session
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23.9.1943
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31.3.1944
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5.7.1944
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Second Session
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17.7.1944
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1.12.1944
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8.2.1945
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Third Session
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21.2.1945
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9.8.1946
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Eighteenth
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28.9.1946
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31.10.1949
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First Session
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6.11.1946
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18.6.1948
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4.8.1948
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Second Session
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1.9.1948
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27.10.1949
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Nineteenth
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10.12.1949
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19.3.1951
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First Session
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22.2.1950
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16.3.1951
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Twentieth
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28.4.1951
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21.4.1954
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First Session
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12.6.1951
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22.10.1953
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30.10.1953
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Second Session
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10.11.1953
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3.12.1953
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4.2.1954
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Third Session
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15.2.1954
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14.4.1954
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Twenty-first
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29.5.1954
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4.11.1955
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First Session
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4.8.1954
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28.10.1955
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Twenty-second
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10.12.1955
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14.10.1958
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First Session
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15.2.1956
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8.11.1956
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7.3.1957
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Second Session
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19.3.1957
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5.12.1957
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11.2.1958
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Third Session
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25.2.1958
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2.10.1958
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Twenty-third
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22.11.1958
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2.11.1961
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First Session
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17.2.1959
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3.12.1959
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10.2.1960
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Second Session
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8.3.1960
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9.12.1960
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20.2.1961
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Third Session
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7.3.1961
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27.10.1961
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Twenty-fourth
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9.12.1961
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1.11.1963
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First Session
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20.2.1962
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30.10.1963
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Twenty-fifth
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30.11.1963
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31.10.1966
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First Session
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25.2.1964
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28.10.1966
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Twenty-sixth
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26.11.1966
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29.9.1969
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First Session
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21.2.1967
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9.11.1967
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9.2.1968
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Second Session
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12.3.1968
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26.9.1969
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Twenty-seventh
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25.10.1969
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2.11.1972
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First Session
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25.11.1969
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26.11.1969
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23.2.1970
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Second Session
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3.3.1970
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31.10.1972
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Twenty-eighth
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2.12.1972
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11.4.1974
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First Session
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27.2.1973
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13.12.1973
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14.2.1974
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Second Session
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28.2.1974
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10.4.1974
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Twenty-ninth
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18.5.1974
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11.11.1975
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First Session
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9.7.1974
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11.11.1975
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Thirtieth
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13.12.1975
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10.11.1977
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First Session
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17.2.1976
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25.2.1977
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28.2.1977
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Second Session
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8.3.1977
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9.11.1977
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Thirty-first
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10.12.1977
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19.9.1980
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First Session
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21.2.1978
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18.9.1980
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Thirty-second
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18.10.1980
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4.2.1983
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First Session
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25.11.1980
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14.12.1982d
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16.12.1982e
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Thirty-third
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5.3.1983
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26.10.1984
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First Session
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21.4.1983
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11.10.1984
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24.10.1984e
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Thirty-fourth
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1.12.1984
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5.6.1987
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First Session
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21.2.1985
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4.6.1987d
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5.6.1987e
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Thirty-fifth
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11.7.1987
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19.2.1990
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First Session
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14.9.1987
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22.12.1989
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Thirty-sixth
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24.3.1990
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8.2.1993
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First Session
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8.5.1990
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18.12.1992
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8.2.1993f
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Thirty-seventh
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13.3.1993
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29.1.1996
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First Session
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4.5.1993
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30.11.1995
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29.1.1996f
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Thirty-eighth
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2.3.1996
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31.8.1998
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First Session
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30.4.1996
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12.7.1998e
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31.8.1998f
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15.7.1998d
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Thirty-ninth
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3.10.1998
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8.10.2001
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First Session
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10.11.1998
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27.9.2001
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8.10.2001f
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Fortieth
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10.11.2001
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31.8.2004
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First Session
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12.2.2002
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13.8.2004d
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31.8.2004f
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30.8.2004e
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Forty-first
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9.10.2004
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17.10.2007
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First Session
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16.11.2004
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20.9.2007
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15.10.2007
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Forty-second
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24.11.2007
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First Session
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12.2.2008
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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.
d) House of Representatives.
e) Senate.
f) Parliament was prorogued one minute before the House of Representatives was dissolved.
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