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.

General Election	Start of Election Campaign (yyyy.mm.dd)	Election Day (yyyy.mm.dd)	Length in Days of Election Campaign
41st	2011.03.26	2011.05.02	37
40th	2008.09.07	2008.10.14	37
39th	2005.11.29	2006.01.23	55
38th	2004.05.23	2004.06.28	36
37th	2000.10.22	2000.11.27	36
36th	1997.04.27	1997.06.02	36
35th	1993.09.08	1993.10.25	47
34th	1988.10.01	1988.11.21	51
33rd	1984.07.09	1984.09.04	57
32nd	1979.12.14	1980.02.18	66
31st	1979.03.26	1979.05.22	57
30th	1974.05.09	1974.07.08	60
29th	1972.09.01	1972.10.30	59
28th	1968.04.23	1968.06.25	63
27th	1965.09.08	1965.11.08	61
26th	1963.02.06	1963.04.08	61
25th	1962.04.19	1962.06.18	60
24th	1958.02.01	1958.03.31	58
23rd	1957.04.12	1957.06.10	59
22nd	1953.06.13	1953.08.10	58
21st	1949.04.30	1949.06.27	58
20th	1945.04.16	1945.06.11	56
19th	1940.01.25	1940.03.26	61
18th	1935.08.14	1935.10.14	61
17th	1930.05.30	1930.07.28	59
16th	1926.07.02	1926.09.14	74
15th	1925.09.05	1925.10.29	54
14th	1921.10.04	1921.12.06	63
13th	1917.10.06	1917.12.17	72
12th	1911.07.29	1911.09.21	54
11th	1908.09.17	1908.10.26	39
10th	1904.09.29	1904.11.03	35
9th	1900.10.09	1900.11.07	29
8th	1896.04.24	1896.06.23	60
7th	1891.02.03	1891.03.05	30
6th	1887.01.15	1887.02.22	38
5th	1882.05.18	1882.06.20	33
4th	1878.08.16	1878.09.17	32
3rd	1874.01.02	1874.01.22	20
2nd	1872.07.08	1872.07.20 - 1872.10.12	12 - 96
1st	1867.07.01	1867.08.07 - 1867.09.20	37 - 81