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Fourth
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Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1879.02.13 - 1882.05.18
Duration: 1190 days (3 years, 3 months, 5 days)
Government Type:Majority Government
Government Party: Conservative (1867-1942)
Number of Sessions:4
Date of General Election: 1878.09.17
Prime Minister:
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Sessions
SessionTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)DurationSenate SittingsHouse of Commons Sittings
4th 1882.02.09 - 1882.05.17 97 days6268
3rd 1880.12.09 - 1881.03.21 102 days5565
2nd 1880.02.12 - 1880.05.07 85 days5657
1st 1879.02.13 - 1879.05.15 91 days5864

^ Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons
4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Dissolution 1882.05.18 - 1882.05.18
Prorogation 1882.05.17 - 1882.05.17
Intersession 1882.05.17 - 1882.05.18 1
Sitting 1882.04.11 - 1882.05.17 29
Easter Recess 1882.04.06 - 1882.04.10 5
Start of Session 1882.02.09 - 1882.04.05 39

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1881.03.22 - 1882.02.08 324
Prorogation 1881.03.21 - 1881.03.21
Sitting 1881.01.04 - 1881.03.21 54
Christmas Recess 1880.12.24 - 1881.01.03 11
Start of Session 1880.12.09 - 1880.12.23 11

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1880.05.08 - 1880.12.08 215
Prorogation 1880.05.07 - 1880.05.07
Sitting 1880.03.30 - 1880.05.07 28
Easter Recess 1880.03.25 - 1880.03.29 5
Start of Session 1880.02.12 - 1880.03.24 29

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1879.05.16 - 1880.02.11 272
Prorogation 1879.05.15 - 1879.05.15
Sitting 1879.04.15 - 1879.05.15 25
Easter Recess 1879.04.11 - 1879.04.14 4
Start of Session 1879.02.13 - 1879.04.10 39
Days between Parliaments 1878.08.17 - 1879.02.12 180
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