Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)

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The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government.

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The leader of the Opposition is often seen as the alternative Premier to the present incumbent, and heads a rival alternative government known as the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench.

List of opposition leaders

A cohesive and consistent official opposition first formed when A. G. Blair formed the Liberal party in the early 1880s. Previously oppositions occasionally organized over major issues such as anti-prohibitionists led by John Hamilton Gray in the mid-1850s, and pro-Confederationists under Charles Fisher in 1865-1866.

No.PortraitName
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of officeParty
1 Andrew George Blair.jpg Andrew George Blair
MLA for York
(1844–1907)
1879–1883 Liberal
2 Daniel Lionel Hanington
MLA for Westmorland
(1835–1909)
1883–1892 Conservative
3 Alfred Augustus Stockton.jpg Alfred Augustus Stockton
MLA for Saint John
(1842–1907)
1892–1899 Conservative
4 John Douglas Hazen.jpg Douglas Hazen
MLA for Sunbury
(1853–1937)
1899–1908 Conservative
5 Clifford William Robinson.jpg Clifford William Robinson
MLA for Westmorland
(1866–1944)
1908–1912 Liberal
6 Arthur Bliss Copp.jpg Arthur Bliss Copp
MLA for Westmorland
(1870–1949)
1912 Liberal
7 Louis-Auguste Dugal
MLA for Madawaska
1912–1917 Liberal
8 James Alexander Murray
MLA for Kings
(1864–1960)
1917–1920 Conservative
9 John Babington Macaulay Baxter
MLA for Saint John County
(1868–1946)
1920–1921 Conservative
10 Charles Dow Richards
MLA for York
(1879–1956)
1921–1925 Conservative
11 Peter Veniot as Postmaster General.jpg Peter Veniot
MLA for Gloucester
(1863–1936)
1925–1926 Liberal
12 Allison Dysart dates.jpg Allison Dysart
MLA for Kent
(1880–1962)
1926–1935 Liberal
13 Frederick C. Squires
MLA for Carleton County
(1881–1960)
1935–1939 Conservative
14 Hugh Mackay
MLA for Kings County
(1887–1957)
1940–1948 Progressive Conservative
15 Hugh John Flemming
MLA for Carleton
(1899–1982)
1949–1952 Progressive Conservative
16 Austin Claude Taylor
MLA for Westmorland
(1893–1965)
1952–1957 Liberal
17 Joseph E. Connolly
MLA for Gloucester
(1887–1973)
1957–1958 Liberal
18 Louis Robichaud
MLA for Kent
(1925–2005)
1958–1960 Liberal
(15) Hugh John Flemming
MLA for Carleton
(1899–1982)
1960 Progressive Conservative
19 Cyril Sherwood
MLA for Kings
(1915–1996)
1960–1966 Progressive Conservative
20 Charles Van Horne
MLA for Restigouche
(1921–2003)
1967 Progressive Conservative
21 Richard Hatfield
MLA for Carleton
(1931–1991)
1967–1970 Progressive Conservative
(18) Louis Robichaud
MLA for Kent
(1925–2005)
1970–1971 Liberal
22 Robert J. Higgins
MLA for Saint John Centre
(born 1934)
1971–1978 Liberal
23 Joseph Daigle
MLA for Kent North
(born 1934)
1978–1981 Liberal
24 Doug Young
MLA for Tracadie
(born 1940)
1982–1983 Liberal
25 Ray Frenette
MLA for Moncton East
(1935–2018)
1983–1985 Liberal
26 Shirley Dysart
MLA for Saint John Park
(1928–2016)
1985 Liberal
27 Frank McKenna2.jpg Frank McKenna
MLA for Chatham
(born 1948)
1985–1987 Liberal
28 Camille Theriault.jpg Camille Thériault [lower-alpha 1]
MLA for Kent South
(born 1955)
1987–1991 Liberal
29 Danny Cameron
MLA for York South
(1924–2009)
1991–1995 Confederation of Regions
30 Ab Rector
MLA for Oromocto
(1934–2005)
1995 Confederation of Regions
31 Greg Hargrove
MLA for York North
(born 1959)
1995 Confederation of Regions
32 Bernard Valcourt
MLA for Edmundston
(born 1952)
1995–1997 Progressive Conservative
33 Elvy Robichaud
MLA for Tracadie-Sheila
(born 1951)
1997–1998 Progressive Conservative
34 Bernard Lord.jpg Bernard Lord
MLA for Moncton East
(born 1965)
1998–1999 Progressive Conservative
(28) Camille Theriault.jpg Camille Thériault
MLA for Kent South
(born 1955)
1999–2001 Liberal
35 Bernard Richard
MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé
(born 1951)
2001–2002 Liberal
36 Shawn Graham 2007 (cropped).JPG Shawn Graham
MLA for Kent
(born 1968)
2002–2006 Liberal
(34) Bernard Lord.jpg Bernard Lord
MLA for Moncton East
(born 1965)
2006–2007 Progressive Conservative
37 Jeannot Volpé
MLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs
(born 1950)
2007–2008 Progressive Conservative
38 David Alward, premier of New Brunswick, Canada.png David Alward
MLA for Woodstock
(born 1959)
2008–2010 Progressive Conservative
39 Victor Boudreau in 2017.jpg Victor Boudreau
MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé
(born 1970)
2010–2013 Liberal
40 Premier Brian Gallant (cropped).jpg Brian Gallant
MLA for Kent
(born 1982)
2013–2014 Liberal
41 Bruce Fitch 2020 (cropped).jpg Bruce Fitch
MLA for Riverview
2014–2016 Progressive Conservative
42 Blaine Higgs at COVID-19 announcement (49667487992) (cropped).jpg Blaine Higgs
MLA for Quispamsis
(born 1954)
2016–2018 Progressive Conservative
(40) Premier Brian Gallant (cropped).jpg Brian Gallant
MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe
(born 1982)
2018–2019 Liberal
43 Denis Landry
MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
(born 1957)
2019–2020 Liberal
44 Roger Melanson.jpg Roger Melanson
MLA for Dieppe
2020–2022 Liberal
45 Rob McKee
MLA for Moncton Centre
(born 1985)
2022–2023 Liberal
46 Susan Holt - Photo by Dimitri Karakostas (cropped).jpg Susan Holt
MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
(born 1976 or 1977)
2023–present Liberal

Notes

  1. The Liberals won all seats in the Legislative Assembly in the 1987 election. Camille Thériault was appointed by Premier Frank McKenna as Opposition Leader to ensure proper Parliamentary functions. During that time, no opposition leader, in the sense of the office being held by the leader of the largest non-governing political party, existed.

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