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Eighteenth
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Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1936.02.06 - 1940.01.25
Duration: 1449 days (3 years, 11 months, 19 days)
Government Type:Majority Government
Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Number of Sessions:6
Date of General Election: 1935.10.14
Prime Minister:
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Sessions
SessionTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)DurationSenate SittingsHouse of Commons Sittings
6th 1940.01.25 - 1940.01.25 0 days11
5th 1939.09.07 - 1939.09.13 6 days66
4th 1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03 142 days47103
3rd 1938.01.27 - 1938.07.01 155 days61102
2nd 1937.01.14 - 1937.04.10 86 days3762
1st 1936.02.06 - 1936.06.23 138 days4991

^ Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons
6th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Dissolution 1940.01.25 - 1940.01.25
Start of Session 1940.01.25 - 1940.01.25

5th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1939.09.14 - 1940.01.24 133
Prorogation 1939.09.13 - 1939.09.13
Start of Session 1939.09.07 - 1939.09.13

4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1939.06.04 - 1939.09.06 95
Prorogation 1939.06.03 - 1939.06.03
Easter Recess 1939.04.07 - 1939.04.10 4
Start of Session 1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1938.07.02 - 1939.01.11 194
Prorogation 1938.07.01 - 1938.07.01
Sitting 1938.04.25 - 1938.07.01
Easter Recess 1938.04.09 - 1938.04.24 16
Start of Session 1938.01.27 - 1938.04.08

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1937.04.11 - 1938.01.26 291
Prorogation 1937.04.10 - 1937.04.10
Easter Recess 1937.03.25 - 1937.03.25 1
Start of Session 1937.01.14 - 1937.04.10

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1936.06.24 - 1937.01.13 215
Prorogation 1936.06.23 - 1936.06.23
Sitting 1936.04.20 - 1936.06.23
Easter Recess 1936.04.09 - 1936.04.19 11
Start of Session 1936.02.06 - 1936.04.08
Days between Parliaments 1935.08.15 - 1936.02.05 175
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