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Twenty-Ninth

Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1973.01.04 - 1974.05.09

Duration: 490 days (1 year, 4 months, 5 days)

Government Type:Minority Government

Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Number of Sessions:2

Date of General Election: 1972.10.30

Prime Minister:

Leader of the Official Opposition:

Sessions

Session	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration	Senate Sittings	House of Commons Sittings
2nd	1974.02.27 - 1974.05.09	71 days	31	50
1st	1973.01.04 - 1974.02.26	418 days	110	206

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

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Dissolution	1974.05.09 - 1974.05.09
Sitting	1974.04.15 - 1974.05.08
Easter Recess	1974.04.12 - 1974.04.14	3
Start of Session	1974.02.27 - 1974.04.11	50

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Prorogation	1974.02.26 - 1974.02.26
Sitting	1974.02.26 - 1974.02.26	9
Christmas Recess Continued	1974.01.15 - 1974.02.25	42
Sitting	1974.01.03 - 1974.01.14
Christmas Recess	1973.12.22 - 1974.01.02	12
Sitting	1973.10.15 - 1973.12.21	197
Summer Recess Continued	1973.09.22 - 1973.10.14	23
Sitting Back-to-work legislation - Maintenance of Railway Operations Act	1973.08.30 - 1973.09.21
Summer Recess	1973.07.27 - 1973.08.29	34
Sitting	1973.05.07 - 1973.07.26
Easter Recess	1973.04.19 - 1973.05.06	18
Start of Session	1973.01.04 - 1973.04.18
Days between Parliaments	1972.09.02 - 1973.01.03	124