HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Weeks, days and hours of sittings
Federation Chamber‡
Year
Sitting weeks
per year
Sitting days
per year#
Sitting hours
per year+
1901*
1902
1903*
1904
1905
1906*
1907
1908
1909
1910*
1911
1912
1913*
1914*
1915
1916
1917*
1918
1919*
1920
1921
1922*
1923
1924
1925*
1926
1927
1928*
1929*
1930
1931*
1932
1933
1934*
1935
1936
1937*
1938
1939
1940*
1941
1942
1943*
1944
1945
1946*
1947
1948
31
31
22
36
24
19
25
26
26
22
16
27
20
21
25
12
19
28
17
35
27
16
13
25
13
24
17
18
16
28
29
23
20
12
16
22
9
22
15
15
20
17
16
17
26
19
26
27
113
107
78
122
90
70
97
91
98
83
61
105
74
61
72
32
52
86
51
114
93
53
52
83
36
84
59
62
54
98
94
73
67
35
55
71
29
66
51
43
50
45
48
57
90
65
92
90
866
796
577
902
831
590
808
680
793
748
559
966
562
504
531
260
460
872
358
842
720
432
479
632
389
646
523
500
474
781
744
652
630
297
460
539
257
602
446
402
396
404
414
517
749
566
795
684
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Meetings
per year
hours of meeting
per year+
Federation Chamber‡
Year
1949*
1950
1951*
1952
1953
1954*
1955*
1956
1957
1958*
1959
1960
1961*
1962
1963*
1964
1965
1966*
1967
1968
1969*
1970
1971
1972*
1973
1974*
1975*
1976
1977*
1978
1979
1980*
1981
1982
1983*
1984*
1985
1986
1987*
1988
1989
1990*
1991
1992
1993*
1994
1995
1996*
1997
1998*
1999
2000
Sitting weeks
per year
22
28
17
23
17
17
18
27
21
17
24
25
19
22
18
22
23
17
21
23
17
20
22
21
25
21
23
25
22
22
22
17
21
19
17
13
18
20
19
21
18
12
21
19
14
18
18
16
20
15
19
19
Sitting days
per year#
80
83
56
74
61
48
52
79
63
48
71
74
55
66
53
65
76
55
62
67
51
73
74
60
81
62
69
79
68
75
68
51
62
53
49
52
66
79
74
65
59
38
67
60
46
68
70
61
76
54
73
73
Sitting hours
per year+
627
803
511
667
533
460
511
771
644
491
711
770
575
688
530
656
765
531
646
703
532
736
742
680
913
678
743
781
676
747
671
525
627
554
533
551
681
781
746
701
658
433
774
689
524
632
637
647
800
560
710
714
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Meetings
per year
hours of meeting
per year+
20
35
29
45
26
41
41
61
108
90
171
97
137
128
Federation Chamber‡
Year
2001*
2002
2003
2004*
2005
2006
2007*
2008
2009
2010*
2011
2012
2013*
2014
2015
2016*
2017
Sitting weeks
per year
15
18
20
16
18
18
14
18
18
15
18
17
13
21
19
14
8
Sitting days
per year#
56
69
74
59
67
68
50
69
68
55
64
63
48
76
75
51
30
Sitting hours
per year+
526
667
682
595
615
630
452
657
819
609
740
661
481
759
746
507
256
Meetings
per year
32
42
45
36
42
55
36
61
56
46
54
61
39
56
57
39
29
hours of meeting
per year+
110
183
191
152
179
229
148
290
268
255
377
358
257
274
263
199
168
1901-2016
Average
20
67
627
43
197
* Election year.
#
Days on which the House commenced a sitting, rather than days on which the House sat. On occasion a sitting may
continue over more than one day.
+
Rounded to the nearest hour. Includes suspensions.
‡
The Federation Chamber was established in 1994. From 1994 to 2012 the Federation Chamber was known as the
Main Committee.
Chamber Research Office
Department of the House of Representatives
1 June 2017
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Number of sittings
House and Federation Chamber
1994-2017
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Federation Chamber
House
* election years
Number of sitting hours#
House and Federation Chamber
1994-2017
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Federation Chamber
* election years
#
Inclusive of suspensions and rounded to the nearest hour
House