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Nineteenth

Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1940.05.16 - 1945.04.16

Duration: 1796 days (4 years, 11 months)

Government Type:Majority Government

Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Number of Sessions:6

Date of General Election: 1940.03.26

Prime Minister:

Leader of the Official Opposition:

Sessions

Session	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration	Senate Sittings	House of Commons Sittings
6th	1945.03.19 - 1945.04.16	28 days	13	19
5th	1944.01.27 - 1945.01.31	370 days	62	136
4th	1943.01.28 - 1944.01.26	363 days	52	120
3rd	1942.01.22 - 1943.01.27	370 days	38	124
2nd	1940.11.07 - 1942.01.21	440 days	34	105
1st	1940.05.16 - 1940.11.05	173 days	42	61

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

6th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Dissolution	1945.04.16 - 1945.04.16
Easter Recess	1945.03.30 - 1945.04.02	4
Start of Session	1945.03.19 - 1945.04.16

5th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
End of Session	1945.02.01 - 1945.03.18	46
Sitting	1945.01.31 - 1945.01.31
Prorogation	1945.01.31 - 1945.01.31
Christmas Recess	1944.12.09 - 1945.01.30	53
Sitting	1944.11.22 - 1944.12.08
Summer Recess	1944.08.16 - 1944.11.21	98
Sitting	1944.04.17 - 1944.08.15
Easter Recess	1944.04.01 - 1944.04.16	16
Start of Session	1944.01.27 - 1944.03.31

4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Sitting	1944.01.26 - 1944.01.26
Prorogation	1944.01.26 - 1944.01.26
Recess	1943.07.25 - 1944.01.25	185
Sitting	1943.05.06 - 1943.07.24
Easter Recess	1943.04.22 - 1943.05.05	14
Start of Session	1943.01.28 - 1943.04.21

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Prorogation	1943.01.27 - 1943.01.27
Sitting	1943.01.27 - 1943.01.27
Recess	1942.08.02 - 1943.01.26	178
Sitting	1942.04.20 - 1942.08.01
Easter Recess	1942.03.28 - 1942.04.19	23
Start of Session	1942.01.22 - 1942.03.27

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
Sitting	1942.01.21 - 1942.01.21
Prorogation	1942.01.21 - 1942.01.21
Christmas Recess	1941.11.15 - 1942.01.20	67
Sitting	1941.11.03 - 1941.11.14
Summer Recess	1941.06.15 - 1941.11.02	141
Sitting	1941.04.28 - 1941.06.14
Easter Recess	1941.04.09 - 1941.04.27	19
Sitting	1941.02.17 - 1941.04.08
Christmas Recess	1940.12.07 - 1941.02.16	72
Start of Session	1940.11.07 - 1940.12.06

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournment	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)	Duration (days)
End of Session	1940.11.06 - 1940.11.06	1
Prorogation	1940.11.05 - 1940.11.05
Sitting	1940.11.05 - 1940.11.05
Summer Recess	1940.08.08 - 1940.11.04	89
Start of Session	1940.05.16 - 1940.08.07
Days between Parliaments	1940.01.26 - 1940.05.15	110