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Twenty-First
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Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1949.09.15 - 1953.06.13
Duration: 1367 days (3 years, 8 months, 29 days)
Government Type:Majority Government
Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Number of Sessions:7
Date of General Election: 1949.06.27
Prime Minister:
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Sessions
SessionTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)DurationSenate SittingsHouse of Commons Sittings
7th 1952.11.20 - 1953.05.14 175 days59108
6th 1952.02.28 - 1952.11.20 266 days6087
5th 1951.10.09 - 1951.12.29 81 days3656
4th 1951.01.30 - 1951.10.09 252 days62105
3rd 1950.08.29 - 1951.01.29 153 days1417
2nd 1950.02.16 - 1950.06.30 134 days6590
1st 1949.09.15 - 1949.12.10 86 days4364

^ Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons
7th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Dissolution 1953.06.13 - 1953.06.13
Intersession 1953.05.15 - 1953.06.12 29
Prorogation 1953.05.14 - 1953.05.14
Sitting 1953.04.07 - 1953.05.14
Easter Recess 1953.04.03 - 1953.04.06 4
Sitting 1953.01.12 - 1953.04.02
Christmas Recess 1952.12.18 - 1953.01.11 25
Start of Session 1952.11.20 - 1952.12.17

6th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Prorogation 1952.11.20 - 1952.11.20
Sitting 1952.11.20 - 1952.11.20
Summer Recess 1952.07.05 - 1952.11.19 138
Sitting 1952.04.21 - 1952.07.04
Easter Recess 1952.04.10 - 1952.04.20 11
Start of Session 1952.02.28 - 1952.04.09

5th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1951.12.30 - 1952.02.27 60
Prorogation 1951.12.29 - 1951.12.29
Sitting 1951.12.27 - 1951.12.29
Christmas Recess 1951.12.22 - 1951.12.26 5
Start of Session 1951.10.09 - 1951.12.21

4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Prorogation 1951.10.09 - 1951.10.09
Sitting 1951.10.09 - 1951.10.09
Summer Recess 1951.07.01 - 1951.10.08 90
Sitting 1951.04.02 - 1951.06.30
Easter Recess 1951.03.22 - 1951.04.01 11
Start of Session 1951.01.30 - 1951.03.21

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Sitting 1951.01.29 - 1951.01.29
Prorogation 1951.01.29 - 1951.01.29
Recess 1950.09.16 - 1951.01.28 135
Start of Session Back-to-work legislation - Maintenance of Railway Operation Act 1950.08.29 - 1950.09.15

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1950.07.01 - 1950.08.28 59
Prorogation 1950.06.30 - 1950.06.30
Sitting 1950.04.17 - 1950.06.30
Easter Recess 1950.04.06 - 1950.04.16 11
Start of Session 1950.02.16 - 1950.04.05

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1949.12.11 - 1950.02.15 67
Prorogation 1949.12.10 - 1949.12.10
Start of Session 1949.09.15 - 1949.12.10
Days between Parliaments 1949.05.01 - 1949.09.14 137
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