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Twenty-Second
22
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
:
1953.11.12 - 1957.04.12
Duration:
1247 days (3 years, 5 months)
Government Type:
Majority Government
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Number of Sessions:
5
Date of General Election:
1953.08.10
Prime Minister:
St-Laurent, Louis Stephen
(1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20)
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Diefenbaker, John George
(1956.12.14 - 1957.06.20)
Rowe, William Earl
(Acting)
(1956.08.01 - 1956.12.13)
Drew, George Alexander
(1955.02.01 - 1956.08.01)
Rowe, William Earl
(Acting)
(1954.11.01 - 1955.02.01)
Drew, George Alexander
(1948.10.02 - 1954.11.01)
Sessions
Session
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration
Senate Sittings
House of Commons Sittings
5th
1957.01.08 - 1957.04.12
94 days
46
71
4th
1956.11.26 - 1957.01.08
43 days
5
5
3rd
1956.01.10 - 1956.08.14
217 days
78
152
2nd
1955.01.07 - 1955.07.28
202 days
79
140
1st
1953.11.12 - 1954.06.26
226 days
77
139
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Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons
5th Session
Sitting, recess and adjournment
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration (days)
Prorogation
1957.04.12 - 1957.04.12
Dissolution
1957.04.12 - 1957.04.12
Start of Session
1957.01.08 - 1957.04.12
4th Session
Sitting, recess and adjournment
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration (days)
Sitting
1957.01.08 - 1957.01.08
Prorogation
1957.01.08 - 1957.01.08
Christmas Recess
1956.11.30 - 1957.01.08
39
Start of Session
1956.11.26 - 1956.11.29
3rd Session
Sitting, recess and adjournment
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration (days)
Intersession
1956.08.15 - 1956.11.25
10
Prorogation
1956.08.14 - 1956.08.14
Sitting
1956.04.09 - 1956.08.14
Easter Recess
1956.03.29 - 1956.04.08
11
Start of Session
1956.01.10 - 1956.03.28
2nd Session
Sitting, recess and adjournment
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration (days)
Intersession
1955.07.29 - 1956.01.09
165
Prorogation
1955.07.28 - 1955.07.28
Sitting
1955.04.18 - 1955.07.28
Easter Recess
1955.04.07 - 1955.04.17
11
Start of Session
1955.01.07 - 1955.04.06
1st Session
Sitting, recess and adjournment
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Duration (days)
Intersession
1954.06.27 - 1955.01.06
194
Prorogation
1954.06.26 - 1954.06.26
Sitting
1954.04.26 - 1954.06.26
Easter Recess
1954.04.15 - 1954.04.25
11
Sitting
1954.01.12 - 1954.04.14
Christmas Recess
1953.12.17 - 1954.01.11
26
Start of Session
1953.11.12 - 1953.12.16
Days between Parliaments
1953.06.14 - 1953.11.11
151
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