Open House?

A milestone of sorts passed by un-noticed on Tuesday the 12th.

Danny Williams overtook two previous marks by Smallwood and Moores, to take sole ownership of second place among Premiers, now having the second-worst Confederation-era record for not opening the House of Assembly after an election.

This table shows the opening date of the first session of each legislature, the prorogation or dissolution date of the previous one, and the interval, in days, between the two, since 1949.

In the post-Smallwood era, only Frank Moores in 1975 kept the House closed for more than two months after an election.

On March 6th, Danny 46 will overtake the previous mark set by Danny 45 in 2004.

Leg. Premier    Closed    Opened     Interval
33rd Smallwood  20-Mar-62 20-Mar-63  365
31   Smallwood  10-May-56 19-Mar-57  313
32   Smallwood  28-Jul-59 20-Apr-60  267
34   Smallwood  25-Mar-66 30-Nov-66  250
45   Williams   29-Sep-03 18-Mar-04  171
46   Williams   17-Sep-07 15-Feb-08  151*
35   Smallwood   6-Oct-71  1-Mar-72  147
37   Moores     25-Jun-75 19-Nov-75  147
30   Smallwood   3-Nov-51 11-Mar-52  129
41   Wells      29-Mar-89 25-May-89   57
44   Tobin      18-Jan-99 16-Mar-99   57
39   Peckford   15-Mar-82 10-May-82   56
43   Tobin      29-Jan-96 20-Mar-96   51
36   Moores      1-Mar-72 19-Apr-72   49
38   Peckford   25-May-79 12-Jul-79   48
40   Peckford   11-Mar-85 25-Apr-85   45
42   Wells       5-Apr-93 20-May-93   45

* As of today.