Out-sot

On Monday, St. John's City Council held its last meeting of 2010 — its 45th of the year.

Also on Monday, the House of Assembly sat for the 48th day in 2010.

This means that the House of Assembly has now met on more calendar days in the year than St. John's City Council, for, um, one consecutive year in a row.

So far in 2010 (to Monday night) the House of Assembly has been out-sot by the Senate, which has met 76 times. This is the fifteenth year in a row that the Senate has had more sittings than the House of Assembly.

It has also been out-sot by two of three territorial legislatures (Yukon, 60 days; NWT, 51 days), making it the eighth year in a row that at least one territorial legislature has out-sot the Bow-Wows.

As recently as 2007, all three territorial legislatures had more sittings than the House of Assembly. 2002 was the last time all three territorial legislatures met fewer times than the Bow-Wows, a provincial legislature.