Length of Federal Election Campaigns

NOTE: An election campaign is defined as the time between the dissolution of a Parliament and the date of the ensuant election.

Parliament	Date Dissolved (yyyy.mm.dd)	Election Date (yyyy.mm.dd)	Length in Days of Election Campaign
38th	2005.11.29	2006.01.23	55
37th	2004.05.23	2004.06.28	36
36th	2000.10.22	2000.11.27	36
35th	1997.04.27	1997.06.02	36
34th	1993.09.08	1993.10.25	47
33rd	1988.10.01	1988.11.21	51
32nd	1984.07.09	1984.09.04	57
31st	1979.12.14	1980.02.18	66
30th	1979.03.26	1979.05.22	57
29th	1974.05.09	1974.07.08	60
28th	1972.09.01	1972.10.30	59
27th	1968.04.23	1968.06.25	63
26th	1965.09.08	1965.11.08	61
25th	1963.02.06	1963.04.08	61
24th	1962.04.19	1962.06.18	60
23rd	1958.02.01	1958.03.31	58
22nd	1957.04.12	1957.06.10	59
21st	1953.06.13	1953.08.10	58
20th	1949.04.30	1949.06.27	58
19th	1945.04.16	1945.06.11	56
18th	1940.01.25	1940.03.26	61
17th	1935.08.14	1935.10.14	61
16th	1930.05.30	1930.07.28	59
15th	1926.07.02	1926.09.14	74
14th	1925.09.05	1925.10.29	54
13th	1921.10.04	1921.12.06	63
12th	1917.10.06	1917.12.17	72
11th	1911.07.29	1911.09.21	54
10th	1908.09.17	1908.10.26	39
9th	1904.09.29	1904.11.03	35
8th	1900.10.09	1900.11.07	29
7th	1896.04.24	1896.06.23	60
6th	1891.02.03	1891.03.05	30
5th	1887.01.15	1887.02.22	38
4th	1882.05.18	1882.06.20	33
3rd	1878.08.17	1878.09.17	31
2nd	1874.01.02	1874.01.22	20
1st	1872.07.08	1872.07.20 - 1872.10.12