User:Cendes/List of Leaders of the Official Opposition (Canada)
Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
| Leader of the Opposition | Party | Took Office[1] | Left Office[1] | Prime Minister | |||
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Alexander Mackenzie (first of two) | Liberal | March 1873 | November 5, 1873 | John A. Macdonald | ||
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John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | November 6, 1873 | October 16, 1878 | Alexander Mackenzie | ||
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Alexander Mackenzie (second of two) | Liberal | October 17, 1878 | April 27, 1880 | John A. Macdonald | ||
| vacant | Liberal | April 28, 1880 | May 3, 1880 | ||||
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Edward Blake | Liberal | May 4, 1880 | June 2, 1887 | |||
| vacant | Liberal | June 3, 1887 | June 22, 1887 | ||||
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Wilfrid Laurier (first of two) | Liberal | June 23, 1887 | July 10, 1896 | |||
| John Abbott | |||||||
| John Sparrow David Thompson | |||||||
| Mackenzie Bowell | |||||||
| Charles Tupper | |||||||
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Charles Tupper[NB 1] | Conservative (historical) | July 11, 1896 | February 5, 1901 | Wilfrid Laurier | ||
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Robert Borden | Conservative (historical) | February 6, 1901 | October 9, 1911 | |||
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Wilfrid Laurier (second of two) | Liberal | October 10, 1911 | February 17, 1919[NB 2] | Robert Borden | ||
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Daniel Duncan McKenzie (acting)[NB 3] | Liberal | February 17, 1919 | August 7, 1919 | |||
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William Lyon Mackenzie King (first of three) | Liberal | August 7, 1919 | December 28, 1921 | |||
| Arthur Meighen | |||||||
| File:ArthurMeighenheadshot.jpg | Arthur Meighen[NB 4] | Conservative (historical) | December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | ||
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William Lyon Mackenzie King (second of three) | Liberal | June 29, 1926 | September 24, 1926 | Arthur Meighen | ||
| vacant[NB 5] | Conservative (historical) | September 25, 1926 | October 10, 1926 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |||
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Hugh Guthrie[NB 6] | Conservative (historical) | October 11, 1926 | October 11, 1927 | |||
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Richard Bedford Bennett (first of two) | Conservative (historical) | October 12, 1927 | August 6, 1930 | |||
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William Lyon Mackenzie King (third of three) | Liberal | August 7, 1930 | October 22, 1935 | R. B. Bennett | ||
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Richard Bedford Bennett (second of two) | Conservative (historical) | October 23, 1935 | July 6, 1938 | William Lyon Mackenzie King | ||
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Robert Manion | Conservative (historical) | July 7, 1938 | May 13, 1940 | |||
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Richard Hanson (acting)[NB 7] | Conservative (historical) | May 14, 1940 | 1943 | |||
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Gordon Graydon (acting)[NB 8] | Progressive Conservative | 1943 | June 10, 1945 | |||
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John Bracken | Progressive Conservative | June 11, 1945 | July 20, 1948 | |||
| vacant | Progressive Conservative | July 21, 1948 | October 1, 1948 | ||||
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George A. Drew (first of two) | Progressive Conservative | October 2, 1948 | November 1, 1954 | |||
| Louis St. Laurent | |||||||
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William Earl Rowe (acting, first of two)[NB 9] | Progressive Conservative | November 1, 1954 | February 1, 1955 | |||
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George A. Drew (second of two) | Progressive Conservative | February 1, 1955 | August 1, 1956 | |||
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William Earl Rowe (acting, second of two)[NB 10] | Progressive Conservative | August 1, 1956 | December 13, 1956 | |||
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John George Diefenbaker (first of two) | Progressive Conservative | December 14, 1956 | June 20, 1957 | |||
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Louis St. Laurent | Liberal | June 21, 1957 | January 15, 1958 | John Diefenbaker | ||
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Lester B. Pearson | Liberal | January 16, 1958 | April 21, 1963 | |||
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John George Diefenbaker (second of two) | Progressive Conservative | April 22, 1963 | September 8, 1967 | Lester B. Pearson | ||
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Michael Starr (acting)[NB 11] | Progressive Conservative | September 9, 1967 | November 5, 1967 | |||
| Robert Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | November 6, 1967 | February 21, 1976 | ||||
| Pierre Trudeau | |||||||
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Joe Clark (first of two) | Progressive Conservative | February 22, 1976 | June 3, 1979 | |||
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Joe Clark | ||
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Joe Clark (second of two) | Progressive Conservative | March 3, 1980 | February 1, 1983 | Pierre Trudeau | ||
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Erik Nielsen (acting)[NB 12] | Progressive Conservative | February 2, 1983 | August 28, 1983 | |||
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Brian Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | August 29, 1983 | September 16, 1984 | |||
| John Turner | |||||||
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John Turner | Liberal | September 17, 1984 | February 7, 1990 | Brian Mulroney | ||
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Herb Gray (acting)[NB 13] | Liberal | February 8, 1990 | December 20, 1990 | |||
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Jean Chrétien | Liberal | December 21, 1990 | October 24, 1993 | |||
| Kim Campbell | |||||||
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Lucien Bouchard | Bloc Québécois | October 25, 1993 | January 14, 1996 | Jean Chrétien | ||
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Gilles Duceppe (acting)[NB 14] | Bloc Québécois | January 15, 1996 | February 16, 1996 | |||
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Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois | February 17, 1996 | March 14, 1997 | |||
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Gilles Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | March 15, 1997 | June 1, 1997 | |||
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Preston Manning | Reform | June 2, 1997 | March 26, 2000 | |||
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Deborah Grey (acting)[NB 15] | Canadian Alliance | March 27, 2000 | September 10, 2000 | |||
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Stockwell Day | Canadian Alliance | September 11, 2000 | December 11, 2001 | |||
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John Reynolds (acting)[NB 16] | Canadian Alliance | December 12, 2001 | May 20, 2002 | |||
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Stephen Harper (first of two) | Canadian Alliance | May 21, 2002 | January 8, 2004 | |||
| Paul Martin | |||||||
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Grant Hill (acting)[NB 17] | Canadian Alliance | January 9, 2004 | February 1, 2004 | |||
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Grant Hill[NB 17] | Conservative | February 2, 2004[NB 18] | March 19, 2004 | |||
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Stephen Harper (second of two) | Conservative | March 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | |||
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Bill Graham[NB 19] | Liberal | February 6, 2006 | December 1, 2006 | Stephen Harper | ||
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Stéphane Dion | Liberal | December 2, 2006 | December 9, 2008 | |||
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Michael Ignatieff[NB 20] | Liberal | December 10, 2008 | May 1, 2011 | |||
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Jack Layton | New Democrat | May 2, 2011 | August 22, 2011[NB 2] | |||
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Nycole Turmel | New Democrat | August 23, 2011[NB 21] | March 23, 2012 | |||
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Thomas Mulcair | New Democrat | March 24, 2012 | Incumbent | |||
- ^ a b Parliament of Canada. "Leaders of the Official Opposition". Retrieved March 27, 2012.
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