List of Leaders of The Official Opposition of Quebec

This is a list of the leaders of the opposition party of Quebec, Canada since Confederation (1867).

Note that the leader of the Opposition is not always the leader of the political party with the second-largest number of seats, in cases where the leader of that party does not have a seat.

There was no Leader of the Opposition until March 1869, when the government's second budget was introduced.

Name Electoral district
(Region)
Took Office Left Office Party
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
1869 1878 Liberal
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Terrebonne
(Lanaudière)
1878 1879 Conservative
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
1879 1883 Liberal
Honoré Mercier Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)
1883 1887 Liberal
Louis-Olivier Taillon Montcalm
(Lanaudière)
1887 1890 Conservative
Jean Blanchet Beauce
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
1890 1891 Conservative
Félix-Gabriel Marchand Saint-Jean
(Montérégie)
1892 1897 Liberal
Edmund James Flynn Gaspé
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900
Nicolet
(Centre-du-Québec) after 1900
1897 1904 Conservative
Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Laval
(Laval)
1905 1908 Conservative
Joseph-Mathias Tellier Joliette
(Lanaudière)
1909 1915 Conservative
Philémon Cousineau Jacques-Cartier
(Montreal)
1915 1916 Conservative
Arthur Sauvé Deux-Montagnes
(Laurentides)
1916 1929 Conservative
Camillien Houde Montréal-Sainte-Marie
(Montreal)
1929 1931 Conservative
Charles Ernest Gault Montréal-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)
1931 1932 Conservative
Maurice Duplessis Trois-Rivières
(Mauricie)
1932 1936 Conservative
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)
1936 1939 Liberal
Maurice Duplessis Trois-Rivières
(Mauricie)
1939 1944 Union Nationale
Adélard Godbout L'Islet
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
1944 1948 Liberal
George Carlyle Marler Westmount-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)
1948 1953 Liberal
Georges-Émile Lapalme Montréal-Outremont
(Montreal)
1953 1960 Liberal
Yves Prévost Montmorency
(Québec)
1960 1961 Union Nationale
Antonio Talbot Chicoutimi
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)
1961 1961 Union Nationale
Daniel Johnson, Sr. Bagot
(Montérégie)
1961 1966 Union Nationale
Jean Lesage Louis-Hébert
(Québec)
1966 1970 Liberal
Robert Bourassa Mercier
(Montreal)
1970 1970 Liberal
Jean-Jacques Bertrand Missisquoi
(Eastern Townships)
1970 1971 Union Nationale
Gabriel Loubier Bellechasse
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
1971 1973 Union Nationale
Jacques-Yvan Morin Sauvé
(Montreal)
1973 1976 Parti Québécois
Gérard D. Levesque Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
1976 1979 Liberal
Claude Ryan Argenteuil
(Laurentides)
1979 1982 Liberal
Gérard D. Levesque Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
1982 1985 Liberal
Robert Bourassa Bertrand
(Montérégie)
1985 1985 Liberal
Pierre-Marc Johnson Anjou
(Montreal)
1985 1987 Parti Québécois
Guy Chevrette Joliette
(Lanaudière)
1987 1989 Parti Québécois
Jacques Parizeau L'Assomption
(Lanaudière)
1989 1994 Parti Québécois
Daniel Johnson, Jr. Vaudreuil
(Montérégie)
1994 1998 Liberal
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay Saint-François
(Eastern Townships)
1998 1998 Liberal
Jean Charest Sherbrooke
(Eastern Townships)
1998 2003 Liberal
Bernard Landry Verchères
(Montérégie)
2003 2005 Parti Québécois
Louise Harel Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
(Montreal)
2005 2006 Parti Québécois
André Boisclair Pointe-aux-Trembles
(Montreal)
2006 2007 Parti Québécois
Mario Dumont Rivière-du-Loup
(Bas-Saint-Laurent)
2007 2008 Action démocratique du Québec
Pauline Marois Charlevoix
(Capitale-Nationale)
2008 2012 Parti Québécois
Jean-Marc Fournier Saint-Laurent
(Montreal)
2012 present Liberal

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