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Key Dates for each Parliament |
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Duration of Majority Governments |
Last Update: 2005.11.29
Last Verified: 2005.11.29
Note: The official record - the report of the Chief Electoral Officer - makes no mention of political affiliation before 1963. Electoral results from 1867 to 1984 are taken from a chart prepared by the Office of Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and those from 1988 to date from the reports of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.
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Longest to Shortest |
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Shortest to Longest |
Average duration of minority government in Canada: 1 year, 5 months and 22 days.
| Parliament | Writs Issued | General Election | Writs to be Returned | 1st sitting of Parliament | Dissolution | Duration between return of writs and dissolution | Minority |
| 14 | 1921.10.08 | 1921.12.06 | 1922.01.15 | 1922.03.08 | 1925.09.05 | 1329 days (3 years, 7 months, and 21 days) | Government--116 Opposition--119 Minority--3 |
| 15 | 1925.09.05 | 1925.10.29 | 1925.12.07 | 1926.01.07 | 1926.07.02 | 207 days (6 months and 25 days) | Government--99 * Opposition--146 Minority--47 |
| 23 | 1957.04.12 | 1957.06.10 | 1957.08.08 | 1957.10.14 | 1958.02.01 | 177 days (5 months and 24 days) | Government--112 Opposition--153 Minority--41 |
| 25 | 1962.04.19 | 1962.06.18 | 1962.07.18 | 1962.09.27 | 1963.02.06 | 203 days (6 months and 19 days) | Government--116 Opposition--149 Minority--33 |
| 26 | 1963.02.06 | 1963.04.08 | 1963.05.08 | 1963.05.16 | 1965.09.08 | 854 days (2 years and 4 months) | Government--129 Opposition--136 Minority--7 |
| 27 | 1965.09.08 | 1965.11.08 | 1965.12.09 | 1966.01.18 | 1968.04.23 | 866 days (2 years, 4 months, and 14 days) | Government--131 Opposition--134 Minority--3 |
| 29 | 1972.09.01 | 1972.10.30 | 1972.11.20 | 1973.01.04 | 1974.05.09 | 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 19 days) | Government--109 Opposition--155 Minority--46 |
| 31 | 1979.03.26 | 1979.05.22 | 1979.06.11 | 1979.10.09 | 1979.12.14 | 186 days (6 months and 3 days) | Government--136 Opposition--146 Minority--10 |
| 38 | 2004.05.23 | 2004.06.28 | 2004.07.19 | 2004.10.04 | 2005.11.29 | 498 days (1 year, 4 months and 10 days) | Government--135 Opposition--173 Minority--38 |
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