The Leader of the Opposition (officially the Leader of His Majesty's Opposition in Bermuda or Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition in Bermuda when the monarch is female) is the leader of the largest political party in the House of Assembly that is not in government. The Leader of the Opposition is seen as an alternate Premier-in-waiting and leads Bermuda's Opposition and Shadow Cabinet.
The current holder of the post of Leader of the Opposition is Jarion Richardson.
List of leaders of the opposition of Bermuda #IncumbentPortraitTenurePolitical partyTook officeLeft office1Arnold FrancisFebruary 19631966Progressive Labour Party2Walter Robinson1966May 1968Progressive Labour Party3Lois Browne-Evans22 May 1968June 1972Progressive Labour Party(2)Walter RobinsonJune 1972April 1976Progressive Labour Party(3)Lois Browne-EvansApril 1976October 1985Progressive Labour Party4L. Frederick WadeNovember 198513 August 1996Progressive Labour PartyActingJennifer Smith13 August 199620 August 1996Progressive Labour Party5Jennifer Smith20 August 19969 December 1998Progressive Labour Party6Pamela Gordon9 December 1998October 2001United Bermuda Party7Grant GibbonsOctober 2001January 2006United Bermuda Party8Wayne FurbertJanuary 20063 April 2007United Bermuda Party9Michael Dunkley3 April 200718 December 2007United Bermuda Party10Kim Swan18 December 200717 May 2011United Bermuda Party11John Barritt17 May 201115 September 2011One Bermuda Alliance12Craig Cannonier15 September 201117 December 2012One Bermuda AllianceActingDerrick Burgess17 December 201221 December 2012Progressive Labour Party13Marc Bean21 December 20124 November 2016Progressive Labour PartyActingEdward David Burt4 November 20167 November 2016Progressive Labour Party14Edward David Burt7 November 201618 July 2017Progressive Labour Party15Patricia Gordon-Pamplin26 July 201721 November 2017One Bermuda Alliance16Jeanne Atherden21 November 201720 September 2018One Bermuda Alliance17Craig Cannonier24 September 2018October 2020One Bermuda Alliance18N.H. Cole Simons2 November 2020August 2023One Bermuda Alliance19Jarion RichardsonAugust 2023September 2025One Bermuda Alliance
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