Leaders of The Opposition
Liberal Party of Canada Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Bloc Québécois Reform Party of Canada Canadian Alliance Conservative Party of Canada (modern) New Democratic PartyName | Party | Took Office | Left Office | Prime Minister | ||
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Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | March 1873 | November 5, 1873 | John A. Macdonald | ||
John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | November 6, 1873 | October 16, 1878 | Alexander Mackenzie | ||
Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | October 17, 1878 | April 27, 1880 | John A. Macdonald | ||
vacant | Liberal | April 28, 1880 | May 3, 1880 | |||
Edward Blake | Liberal | May 4, 1880 | June 2, 1887 | |||
vacant | Liberal | June 3, 1887 | June 22, 1887 | |||
Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | June 23, 1887 | July 10, 1896 | |||
John Abbott | ||||||
John Sparrow David Thompson | ||||||
Mackenzie Bowell | ||||||
Charles Tupper | ||||||
Charles Tupper | Conservative (historical) | July 11, 1896 | February 5, 1901 | Wilfrid Laurier | ||
Robert Borden | Conservative (historical) | February 6, 1901 | October 9, 1911 | |||
Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | October 10, 1911 | February 17, 1919 | Robert Borden | ||
Daniel Duncan McKenzie | Liberal | February 17, 1919 | August 7, 1919 | |||
William Lyon Mackenzie King | Liberal | August 7, 1919 | December 28, 1921 | |||
Arthur Meighen | ||||||
Arthur Meighen | Conservative (historical) | December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | ||
William Lyon Mackenzie King | Liberal | June 29, 1926 | September 24, 1926 | Arthur Meighen | ||
vacant | Conservative (historical) | September 25, 1926 | October 10, 1926 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | ||
Hugh Guthrie | Conservative (historical) | October 11, 1926 | October 11, 1927 | |||
Richard Bedford Bennett | Conservative (historical) | October 12, 1927 | August 6, 1930 | |||
William Lyon Mackenzie King | Liberal | August 7, 1930 | October 22, 1935 | R. B. Bennett | ||
Richard Bedford Bennett | Conservative (historical) | October 23, 1935 | July 6, 1938 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | ||
Robert Manion | Conservative (historical) | July 7, 1938 | May 13, 1940 | |||
Richard Hanson | Conservative (historical) | May 14, 1940 | 1943 | |||
Gordon Graydon | Progressive Conservative | 1943 | June 10, 1945 | |||
John Bracken | Progressive Conservative | June 11, 1945 | July 20, 1948 | |||
vacant | Progressive Conservative | July 21, 1948 | October 1, 1948 | |||
George A. Drew | Progressive Conservative | October 2, 1948 | November 1, 1954 | |||
Louis St. Laurent | ||||||
William Earl Rowe | Progressive Conservative | November 1, 1954 | February 1, 1955 | |||
George A. Drew | Progressive Conservative | February 1, 1955 | August 1, 1956 | |||
William Earl Rowe | Progressive Conservative | August 1, 1956 | December 13, 1956 | |||
John George Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | December 14, 1956 | June 20, 1957 | |||
Louis St. Laurent | Liberal | June 21, 1957 | January 15, 1958 | John Diefenbaker | ||
Lester B. Pearson | Liberal | January 16, 1958 | April 21, 1963 | |||
John George Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | April 22, 1963 | September 8, 1967 | Lester B. Pearson | ||
Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative | September 9, 1967 | November 5, 1967 | |||
Robert Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | November 6, 1967 | February 21, 1976 | |||
Pierre Trudeau | ||||||
Joe Clark | Progressive Conservative | February 22, 1976 | June 3, 1979 | |||
Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Joe Clark | ||
Joe Clark | Progressive Conservative | March 3, 1980 | February 1, 1983 | Pierre Trudeau | ||
Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | February 2, 1983 | August 28, 1983 | |||
Brian Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | August 29, 1983 | September 16, 1984 | |||
John Turner | ||||||
John Turner | Liberal | September 17, 1984 | February 7, 1990 | Brian Mulroney | ||
Herb Gray | Liberal | February 8, 1990 | December 20, 1990 | |||
Jean Chrétien | Liberal | December 21, 1990 | October 24, 1993 | |||
Kim Campbell | ||||||
Lucien Bouchard | Bloc Québécois | October 25, 1993 | January 14, 1996 | Jean Chrétien | ||
Gilles Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | January 15, 1996 | February 16, 1996 | |||
Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois | February 17, 1996 | March 14, 1997 | |||
Gilles Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | March 15, 1997 | June 1, 1997 | |||
Preston Manning | Reform | June 2, 1997 | March 26, 2000 | |||
Deborah Grey | Canadian Alliance | March 27, 2000 | September 10, 2000 | |||
Stockwell Day | Canadian Alliance | September 11, 2000 | December 11, 2001 | |||
John Reynolds | Canadian Alliance | December 12, 2001 | May 20, 2002 | |||
Stephen Harper | Canadian Alliance | May 21, 2002 | January 8, 2004 | |||
Paul Martin | ||||||
Grant Hill | Canadian Alliance | January 9, 2004 | February 1, 2004 | |||
Grant Hill | Conservative | February 2, 2004 | March 19, 2004 | |||
Stephen Harper | Conservative | March 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | |||
Bill Graham | Liberal | February 6, 2006 | December 1, 2006 | Stephen Harper | ||
Stéphane Dion | Liberal | December 2, 2006 | December 9, 2008 | |||
Michael Ignatieff | Liberal | December 10, 2008 | May 1, 2011 | |||
Jack Layton | New Democrat | May 2, 2011 | August 22, 2011 | |||
Nycole Turmel | New Democrat | August 23, 2011 | March 23, 2012 | |||
Thomas Mulcair | New Democrat | March 24, 2012 | Incumbent |
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