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Twenty-Eighth

Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1968.09.12 - 1972.09.01

Duration: 1450 days (3 years, 11 months, 20 days)

Government Type:Majority Government

Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Number of Sessions:4

Date of General Election: 1968.06.25

Prime Minister:

Leader of the Official Opposition:

Sessions

Session	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration	Senate Sittings	House of Commons Sittings
4th	1972.02.17 - 1972.09.01	197 days	47	91
3rd	1970.10.08 - 1972.02.16	496 days	138	244
2nd	1969.10.23 - 1970.10.07	349 days	84	155
1st	1968.09.12 - 1969.10.22	405 days	97	198

^ Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons

4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Dissolution	1972.09.01 - 1972.09.01
Sitting Back-to-work legislation - West Coast Ports Operations Act	1972.08.31 - 1972.09.01	91
Summer Recess	1972.07.08 - 1972.08.30	54
Sitting	1972.04.13 - 1972.07.07
Easter Recess	1972.03.30 - 1972.04.12	14
Start of Session	1972.02.17 - 1972.03.29

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Prorogation	1972.02.16 - 1972.02.16
Sitting	1972.02.16 - 1972.02.16	2
Christmas Recess Continued	1972.01.13 - 1972.02.15	34
Sitting One day to give Royal Assent to one bill (Senate sat Jan. 11 and 12)	1972.01.12 - 1972.01.12
Christmas Recess Continued	1972.01.01 - 1972.01.11	11
Sitting	1971.12.28 - 1971.12.31	192
Christmas Recess	1971.12.24 - 1971.12.27	4
Sitting	1971.09.07 - 1971.12.23
Summer Recess	1971.07.01 - 1971.09.06	68
Sitting	1971.04.19 - 1971.06.30
Easter Recess	1971.04.08 - 1971.04.18	11
Sitting	1971.01.11 - 1971.04.07
Christmas Recess	1970.12.19 - 1971.01.10	23
Start of Session	1970.10.08 - 1970.12.18	50

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Prorogation	1970.10.07 - 1970.10.07
Sitting	1970.10.05 - 1970.10.07	114
Summer Recess	1970.06.27 - 1970.10.04	100
Sitting	1970.04.06 - 1970.06.26
Easter Recess	1970.03.26 - 1970.04.05	11
Sitting	1970.01.12 - 1970.03.25
Christmas Recess	1969.12.20 - 1970.01.11	23
Start of Session	1969.10.23 - 1969.12.19	41

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Sitting	1969.10.22 - 1969.10.22	129
Prorogation	1969.10.22 - 1969.10.22
Summer Recess	1969.07.26 - 1969.10.21	88
Sitting	1969.04.14 - 1969.07.25
Easter Recess	1969.04.03 - 1969.04.13	11
Sitting	1969.01.14 - 1969.04.02
Christmas Recess	1968.12.21 - 1969.01.13	24
Start of Session	1968.09.12 - 1968.12.20	69
Days between Parliaments	1968.04.24 - 1968.09.11	141