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Thirty-Third

Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1984.11.05 - 1988.10.01

Duration: 1426 days (3 years, 10 months, 26 days)

Government Type:Majority Government

Government Party: Progressive Conservative Party

Number of Sessions:2

Date of General Election: 1984.09.04

Prime Minister:

Leader of the Official Opposition:

Sessions

Session	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration	Senate Sittings	House of Commons Sittings
2nd	1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01	732 days	194	389
1st	1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28	661 days	159	308

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

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Dissolution	1988.10.01 - 1988.10.01
Sitting	1988.09.13 - 1988.09.30	154
Summer Recess Continued	1988.09.02 - 1988.09.12	11
Sitting Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement	1988.08.10 - 1988.09.01
Summer Recess Continued	1988.07.29 - 1988.08.09	12
Sitting Supreme Court's decision on abortion	1988.07.25 - 1988.07.28
Summer Recess	1988.07.22 - 1988.07.24	3
Sitting	1988.04.11 - 1988.07.21
Easter Recess	1988.03.31 - 1988.04.10	11
Sitting	1988.02.22 - 1988.03.30
Spring Recess	1988.02.13 - 1988.02.21	9
Sitting	1988.01.18 - 1988.02.12
Christmas Recess	1987.12.19 - 1988.01.17	30
Sitting	1987.11.16 - 1987.12.18	183
Remembrance Day	1987.11.06 - 1987.11.15	10
Sitting	1987.09.09 - 1987.11.05
Summer Recess Continued	1987.09.04 - 1987.09.08	5
Sitting	1987.08.11 - 1987.09.03
Summer Recess	1987.07.01 - 1987.08.10	41
Sitting	1987.04.27 - 1987.06.30
Easter Recess	1987.04.16 - 1987.04.26	11
Sitting	1987.03.02 - 1987.04.15
Spring Recess	1987.02.21 - 1987.03.01	9
Sitting	1987.01.19 - 1987.02.20
Christmas Recess	1986.12.20 - 1987.01.18	30
Sitting	1986.11.17 - 1986.12.19	52
Remembrance Day	1986.11.08 - 1986.11.16	9
Start of Session	1986.09.30 - 1986.11.07

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
End of Session	1986.08.29 - 1986.09.29	32
Prorogation	1986.08.28 - 1986.08.28
Summer Recess Continued	1986.07.25 - 1986.08.28	35
Sitting One day to give Royal Assent to one bill	1986.07.24 - 1986.07.24	105
Summer Recess	1986.06.28 - 1986.07.23	26
Sitting	1986.04.07 - 1986.06.27
Easter Recess	1986.03.27 - 1986.04.06	11
Sitting	1986.02.24 - 1986.03.26
Spring Recess	1986.02.15 - 1986.02.23	9
Sitting	1986.01.13 - 1986.02.14
Christmas Recess	1985.12.21 - 1986.01.12	23
Sitting	1985.11.18 - 1985.12.20	169
Remembrance Day	1985.11.09 - 1985.11.17	9
Sitting	1985.09.09 - 1985.11.08
Summer Recess	1985.06.29 - 1985.09.08	72
Sitting	1985.04.15 - 1985.06.28
Easter Recess	1985.04.04 - 1985.04.14	11
Sitting	1985.02.25 - 1985.04.03
Spring Recess	1985.02.16 - 1985.02.24	9
Sitting	1985.01.21 - 1985.02.15
Christmas Recess	1984.12.22 - 1985.01.20	30
Start of Session	1984.11.05 - 1984.12.21	34
Days between Parliaments	1984.07.10 - 1984.11.04	118