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.

NameElectoral district
(Region)		Took OfficeLeft OfficeParty
     Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)		18691878Liberal
     Joseph-Adolphe ChapleauTerrebonne
(Lanaudière)		18781879Conservative
     Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)		18791883Liberal
     Honoré MercierSaint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)		18831887Liberal[1]
     Louis-Olivier TaillonMontcalm
(Lanaudière)		18871890Conservative
     Jean BlanchetBeauce
(Chaudière-Appalaches)		18901891Conservative
     Félix-Gabriel MarchandSaint-Jean
(Montérégie)		18921897Liberal
     Edmund James FlynnGaspé
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900
Nicolet
(Centre-du-Québec) after 1900		18971904Conservative
     Pierre-Évariste Leblanc[2]Laval
(Laval)		19051908Conservative
     Joseph-Mathias TellierJoliette
(Lanaudière)		19081915Conservative
     Philémon Cousineau[3]Jacques-Cartier
(Montreal)		19151916Conservative
     Arthur SauvéDeux-Montagnes
(Laurentides)		19161929Conservative
     Camillien HoudeMontréal-Sainte-Marie
(Montreal)		19291931Conservative
     Charles Ernest Gault[4]Montréal-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)		19311932Conservative
     Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)		19321936Conservative[5]
     Télesphore-Damien Bouchard[6]Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)		19361939Liberal
  Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)		19391944Union Nationale
     Adélard GodboutL'Islet
(Chaudière-Appalaches)		19441948Liberal
     George Carlyle Marler[7]Westmount-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)		19481953Liberal
     Georges-Émile Lapalme[8]Montréal-Outremont
(Montreal)		19531960Liberal
  Yves Prévost[9]Montmorency
(Québec)		19601961Union Nationale
  Antonio Talbot[10]Chicoutimi
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)		19611961Union Nationale
  Daniel Johnson, Sr.Bagot
(Montérégie)		19611966Union Nationale
     Jean LesageLouis-Hébert
(Québec)		19661970Liberal
     Robert BourassaMercier
(Montreal)		19701970Liberal
  Jean-Jacques BertrandMissisquoi
(Eastern Townships)		19701971Union Nationale
  Gabriel LoubierBellechasse
(Chaudière-Appalaches)		19711973Union Nationale[11]
  Jacques-Yvan Morin[12]Sauvé
(Montreal)		19731976Parti Québécois
     Gérard D. Levesque[13]Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)		19761979Liberal
     Claude RyanArgenteuil
(Laurentides)		19791982Liberal
     Gérard D. Levesque[14]Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)		19821985Liberal
     Robert BourassaBertrand
(Montérégie)		19851985Liberal
  Pierre-Marc JohnsonAnjou
(Montreal)		19851987Parti Québécois
  Guy Chevrette[15]Joliette
(Lanaudière)		19871989Parti Québécois
  Jacques ParizeauL'Assomption
(Lanaudière)		19891994Parti Québécois
     Daniel Johnson, Jr.Vaudreuil
(Montérégie)		19941998Liberal
     Monique Gagnon-Tremblay[16]Saint-François
(Eastern Townships)		19981998Liberal
     Jean CharestSherbrooke
(Eastern Townships)		19982003Liberal
  Bernard LandryVerchères
(Montérégie)		20032005Parti Québécois
  Louise Harel[17]Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
(Montreal)		20052006Parti Québécois
  André BoisclairPointe-aux-Trembles
(Montreal)		20062007Parti Québécois
  Mario DumontRivière-du-Loup
(Bas-Saint-Laurent)		20072008Action démocratique du Québec
  Pauline MaroisCharlevoix
(Capitale-Nationale)		20082012Parti Québécois
     Jean-Marc FournierSaint-Laurent
(Montreal)		20122013Liberal
     Philippe CouillardOutremont
(Montreal)		20132014Liberal
  Stéphane Bédard[18]Chicoutimi
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)		20142015Parti Québécois
  Pierre Karl PéladeauSaint-Jérôme
(Laurentides)		20152016Parti Québécois
  Sylvain GaudreaultJonquière
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)		20162016Parti Québécois
  Jean-François LiséeRosemont
(Montréal)		20162018Parti Québécois
     Pierre ArcandMont-Royal–Outremont
(Montréal)		20182020Liberal
     Dominique AngladeSaint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
(Montréal)		2020presentLiberal

Footnotes
  1. In the aftermath of the execution of Louis Riel, Honoré Mercier founded the Parti National, in order to bring Conservative dissidents to the Liberal Party. From 1885 to 1891, the Liberal Party is also called Parti National.
  2. Pierre-Évariste Leblanc lost his seat to the legislature in 1908. Joseph-Mathias Tellier succeeded him as Conservative Leader.
  3. Philémon Cousineau lost his seat to the legislature in 1916. Arthur Sauvé succeeded him as Conservative Leader.
  4. Conservative Leader Camillien Houde lost his seat to the legislature. Charles Ernest Gault served as acting Leader.
  5. In 1935, the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Action libérale nationale (ALN). The ALN ran 60 candidates and won 26 seats. The Conservatives ran 30 candidates and won 16 seats. However, Maurice Duplessis served as leader of the coalition and therefore remained Leader of the Opposition.
  6. Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout lost his seat to the legislature and could not serve as Leader of the Opposition.
  7. Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout lost his seat to the legislature. His successor, Georges-Émile Lapalme, was defeated in Joliette in 1952. George Marler served as Acting Leader of the Opposition until 1953, when Lapalme won a by-election.
  8. Jean Lesage became Liberal Leader in 1958, but Georges-Émile Lapalme remained Leader of the opposition until Lesage won a seat to the legislature in 1960.
  9. Following the resignation of Union Nationale Leader Antonio Barrette, Yves Prévost served as Acting Leader.
  10. Following the resignation of Yves Prévost, Antonio Talbot served as Acting Leader.
  11. From October 25, 1971 to January 14, 1973 the Union Nationale was called Unité Québec.
  12. Parti Québécois Leader René Lévesque was defeated in Dorion and could not serve as Leader of the Opposition.
  13. Liberal Leader Robert Bourassa lost his seat to the legislature. Gérard D. Levesque served as Acting Leader until Claude Ryan, who became leader in 1978, won a by-election.
  14. Following the resignation of Claude Ryan, Gérard D. Levesque served as Acting Leader.
  15. Following the resignation of Pierre Marc Johnson, Guy Chevrette served as Acting Leader and remained Leader of the opposition until new leader Jacques Parizeau won a seat to the legislature in 1989.
  16. Monique Gagnon-Tremblay served as Acting Leader of the Opposition until Jean Charest won a seat to the legislature in 1998.
  17. Following the resignation of Bernard Landry, Louise Harel served as Acting Leader and remained Leader of the opposition until new leader André Boisclair won a by-election.
  18. Assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition as a result of party leader Premier Pauline Marois losing her seat in the general election and resigning as party leader. Bédard was interim leader until a new leader was elected in a leadership election in 2015.

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