BRITAIN'S LONGEST PARLIAMENT
A T The present British Parliament in March iiist established n claim to longevity. Summoned io meet on Jiuruary i>l, 1911, it bus lived longrr tliiiu any oi' its twonty-uiiio ■predecessors siiico llio Act of Union. Its nearest rivals in longnviry were the -l'ollowiTiff: —1820: six years and 42 clays; 185 D* six years and 38 days; 1574: six years and 1H day?. The irony of tills? new "record." says "Tho Times," is lliat the present Parliament, elected for seven years, reduced ils term and that of its successors to five yeaTS, and lias siitcn twice extended its life by periods of eight months aud seven months.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 5
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110BRITAIN'S LONGEST PARLIAMENT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 5
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