By calendar year
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A | SITTINGS |
1998 | 1997*
| 1996 | 1995
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1 | Number of sittings days (excluding
days when the House sat for judicial business only and swearing in days)
| 163 | 125
| 149 | 145
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2 | Number of weeks during which the House
sat
| 39 | 31
| 37 | 37
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3 | Number of Hours for which the House
sat
| 1211:21 | 816:39
| 1029:18 | 917:16
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4 | Average daily attendance
| 428 | 394
| 376 | 373
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5 | Average length of sitting
| 7:26 | 6:32
| 6:54 | 6:20
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6 | Number of divisions
| 161 | 78
| 111 | 113
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| (i) Government victories
| 120 | 63
| 98 | 99
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| (ii) Government defeats |
35 | 14
| 10 | 8
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| (iii) Other divisions |
6 | 1
| 3 | 6
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* General election year. |
A government victory is defined as one where at
least one of the tellers on the winning side is a government whip. Divisions where the winning
side includes a government whip and a whip from another party, those without a quorum and
unwhipped divisions are counted as ``other divisions''.
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