Parliaments of Victoria

Following an election, a new Parliament is formed. The first Parliament of Victoria was elected on 21 November 1856. Since then, there have been a further 56 Parliaments elected.

The following table sets out the date each new Parliament opened and the date when it was dissolved or expired*.

Number of Parliament	Date of opening	Date of dissolution/ expiration*
1	21 November 1856	9 August 1859
2	13 October 1859	11 July 1861
3	30 August 1861	25 August 1864
4	28 November 1864	11 December 1865
5	12 February 1866	30 December 1867
6	13 March 1868	25 January 1871
7	25 April 1871	9 March 1874
8	19 May 1874	25 April 1877
9	22 May 1877	9 February 1880
10	11 May 1880	29 June 1880
11	22 July 1880	3 February 1883
12	27 February 1883	19 February 1886
13	16 March 1886	11 March 1889
14	9 April 1889	5 April 1892
15	11 May 1892	4 September 1894
16	4 October 1894	28 September 1897
17	25 October 1897	18 October 1900
18	13 November 1900	15 September 1902
19	14 October 1902	10 May 1904
20	29 June 1904	21 February 1907
21	9 July 1907	7 December 1908
22	7 January 1909	24 October 1911
23	5 December 1911	4 November 1914
24	3 December 1914	24 October 1917
25	29 November 1917	30 September 1920
26	10 November 1920	6 August 1921
27	6 September 1921	28 May 1924
28	8 July 1924	5 March 1927
29	6 July 1927	1 November 1929
30	11 December 1929	22 April 1932
31	14 June 1932	1 February 1935
32	20 March 1935	6 September 1937
33	19 October 1937	15 February 1940
34	1 May 1940	29 April 1943
35	29 June 1943	3 October 1945
36	28 November 1945	9 October 1947
37	2 December 1947	13 April 1950
38	20 June 1950	31 October 1952
39	22 December 1952	22 April 1955
40	15 June 1955	18 April 1958
41	8 July 1958	1 June 1961
42	1 August 1961	11 May 1964
43	14 July 1964	20 March 1967
44	16 May 1967	14 April 1970
45	17 June 1970	17 April 1973
46	19 June 1973	12 February 1976
47	13 April 1976	15 March 1979
48	29 May 1979	24 February 1982
49	27 April 1982	25 January 1985
50	3 April 1985	29 August 1988
51	25 October 1988	14 August 1992
52	27 October 1992	5 March 1996
53	1 May 1996	24 August 1999
54	3 November 1999	5 November 2002
55	25 February 2003	31 October 2006
56	19 December 2006	2 November 2010
57	21 December 2010	4 November 2014
58	23 December 2014

* Note: Prior to 2003, there were no fixed terms and each Parliament was dissolved by the Governor on advice of the Premier. Following changes made to the Constitution in 2003, the Parliament of Victoria now has fixed four year terms, and the Parliament will usually expire on the Tuesday which is 25 days before the last Saturday in November which is four years after the previous election.

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