Wash-up period, the period immediately before Parliament is dissolved, when outstanding Parliamentary business is concluded
the Wash | The Wash | Wash Tubbs | Wash | Wash-up period | "Wash" Custis | Meadow Valley Wash | Chaco Wash |
1832 pen and wash drawing by Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet
Between 27 and 28 January 2013, the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, had masses of foam wash up on land from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.
The last time an election was called with no wash-up period was 1924, when Parliament was dissolved immediately on 9 October and the general election held 20 days later.