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Third
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Term (yyyy.mm.dd): 1874.03.26 - 1878.08.16
Duration: 1604 days (4 years, 4 months, 21 days)
Government Type:Majority Government
Government Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Number of Sessions:5
Date of General Election: 1874.01.22
Prime Minister:
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Sessions
SessionTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)DurationSenate SittingsHouse of Commons Sittings
5th 1878.02.07 - 1878.05.10 92 days5967
4th 1877.02.08 - 1877.04.28 79 days5459
3rd 1876.02.10 - 1876.04.12 62 days4146
2nd 1875.02.04 - 1875.04.08 63 days4748
1st 1874.03.26 - 1874.05.26 61 days3942

^ Duration of Sittings, Recess and Adjournments of the House of Commons
5th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Dissolution 1878.08.16 - 1878.08.16
Intersession 1878.05.11 - 1878.08.15 97
Prorogation 1878.05.10 - 1878.05.10
Sitting Sat on Easter Monday 1878.04.22 - 1878.04.22
Easter Recess 1878.04.21 - 1878.04.21 1
Weekend Sitting Sat on Good Friday and Good Saturday 1878.04.19 - 1878.04.20
Start of Session 1878.02.07 - 1878.05.10

4th Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1877.04.29 - 1878.02.06 284
Prorogation 1877.04.28 - 1877.04.28
Weekend Sitting 1877.04.02 - 1877.04.28
Easter Recess 1877.03.30 - 1877.04.01 3
Start of Session 1877.02.08 - 1877.03.29

3rd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1876.04.13 - 1877.02.07 301
Prorogation 1876.04.12 - 1876.04.12
Start of Session 1876.02.10 - 1876.04.12

2nd Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1875.04.09 - 1876.02.09 307
Prorogation 1875.04.08 - 1875.04.08
Sitting Sat on Easter Monday 1875.03.29 - 1875.03.29
Easter Recess Didn't sit on Easter Sunday 1875.03.28 - 1875.03.28 1
Weekend Sitting Sat on Good Friday and Good Saturday 1875.03.26 - 1875.03.27
Start of Session 1875.02.04 - 1875.04.08

1st Session

Sitting, recess and adjournmentTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)Duration (days)
Intersession 1874.05.27 - 1875.02.03 253
Prorogation 1874.05.26 - 1874.05.26
Sitting 1874.04.07 - 1874.05.26
Easter Recess 1874.04.02 - 1874.04.06 5
Start of Session 1874.03.26 - 1874.04.01
Days between Parliaments 1874.01.03 - 1874.03.25 72
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