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Prorogation in the Westminster system of government is the action of proroguing, or interrupting, a parliament, or the discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without a dissolution of parliament. The term is also used for the period of such a discontinuance between two legislative sessions of a legislative body.
Dissolution is distinct on the one hand from abolition of the assembly, and on the other hand from its adjournment or prorogation, or the ending of a legislative session, any of which begins a period of inactivity after which it is anticipated that the same members will reassemble. For example, the "second session of the fifth parliament" could ...
Prorogation is the period between the end of a parliamentary session of Parliament and the beginning of a new session (which begins with the State Opening of Parliament). [4] By current practice, Parliament is prorogued by commissioners acting in the sovereign's name.
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The prorogation delayed a potential no-confidence motion presented by the opposition. (See 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute.) Three years later, in 2011, Harper's minority government was defeated by a motion of no confidence, which declared the government to be in contempt of Parliament and led to an election that year.
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Prorogation clears all business pending before Parliament and allows the houses to be called back on a particular date without triggering an election. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The date for the new session of Parliament may be specified either in the proroguing proclamation or when the governor-general summons the Parliament to meet again.