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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.
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|Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)18691878Liberal
|Joseph-Adolphe ChapleauTerrebonne
(Lanaudière)18781879 Conservative
|Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)18791883Liberal
|Honoré MercierSaint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)18831887Liberal^[1]
|Louis-Olivier TaillonMontcalm
(Lanaudière)18871890 Conservative
|Jean BlanchetBeauce
(Chaudière-Appalaches)18901891 Conservative
|Félix-Gabriel MarchandSaint-Jean
(Montérégie)18921897 Liberal
|Edmund James FlynnGaspé
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900
Nicolet
(Centre-du-Québec) after 190018971904 Conservative
|Pierre-Évariste Leblanc^[2]Laval
(Laval)19051908 Conservative
|Joseph-Mathias TellierJoliette
(Lanaudière)19091915 Conservative
|Philémon Cousineau^[3]Jacques-Cartier
(Montreal)19151916 Conservative
|Arthur SauvéDeux-Montagnes
(Laurentides)19161929 Conservative
|Camillien HoudeMontréal-Sainte-Marie
(Montreal)19291931 Conservative
|Charles Ernest Gault^[4]Montréal-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)19311932 Conservative
|Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)19321936Conservative^[5]
|Télesphore-Damien Bouchard^[6]Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)19361939 Liberal
|Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)19391944Union Nationale
|Adélard GodboutL'Islet
(Chaudière-Appalaches)19441948 Liberal
|George Carlyle Marler^[7]Westmount-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)19481953 Liberal
|Georges-Émile Lapalme^[8]Montréal-Outremont
(Montreal)19531960 Liberal
|Yves Prévost^[9]Montmorency
(Québec)19601961Union Nationale
|Antonio Talbot^[10]Chicoutimi
(Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean)19611961Union Nationale
|Daniel Johnson, SrBagot
(Montérégie)19611966 Union Nationale
|Jean LesageLouis-Hébert
(Québec)19661970 Liberal
|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. Lévesque^[13]Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)19761979Liberal
|Claude RyanArgenteuil
(Laurentides)19791982Liberal
|Gérard D. Lévesque^[14]Bonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)19821985Liberal
|Robert BourassaBertrand
(Montérégie)19851985Liberal
|Pierre Marc JohnsonAnjou
(Montreal)19851987 Parti Québécois
|Guy Chevrette^[15]Joliette
(Lanaudière)19871989 Parti Québécois
|Jacques ParizeauL'Assomption
(Lanaudière)19891994 Parti Québécois
|Daniel Johnson, JrVaudreuil
(Montérégie)19941998 Liberal
|Monique Gagnon-Tremblay^[16]Saint-François
(Eastern Townships)19981998 Liberal
|Jean CharestSherbrooke
(Eastern Townships)19982003Liberal
|Bernard LandryVerchères
(Montérégie)20032005 Parti Québécois
|Louise Harel^[17]Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
(Montreal)20052006 Parti Québécois
|André BoisclairPointe-aux-Trembles
(Montreal)20062007 Parti Québécois
|Mario DumontRivière-du-Loup
(Bas-Saint-Laurent)2007present Action démocratique du Québec

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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. Lévesque 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. Lévesque 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.

See also

★ List of Quebec general elections

★ Timeline of Quebec history

★ National Assembly of Quebec

★ List of Quebec premiers

★ List of third party leaders (Quebec)

★ History of Quebec

External link

★ http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/chefoppo.html