Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba)

The Leader of the Opposition () in Manitoba is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba who leads the party recognized as the Official Opposition. This status generally goes to the leader of the second largest party in the Legislative Assembly.

William Alexander Macdonald was the first officially recognized Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba, although Rodmond Roblin is considered to have been the de facto opposition leader from 1890 until he lost his seat in the 1892 provincial election.

, the Leader of the Opposition of Manitoba has been Konrad Narth, the head of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.

List of Opposition Leaders

Below is a list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, from 1870 to the present. Portrait NameElectoral district(Birth–Death) Term of officePartyWilliam Alexander MacdonaldMLA for Brandon City(1860–1946)1892–1893ConservativeJohn Andrew DavidsonMLA for Beautiful Plains(1852–1903)1893–1894ConservativeJames FisherMLA for Russell(1840–1927)1894–1896IndependentRodmond RoblinMLA for Woodlands(1853–1937)1896–1900ConservativeThomas GreenwayMLA for Mountain(1838–1908)1900–1904LiberalCharles MickleMLA for Birtle(1849–1919)1904–1906Liberal1908–1909Tobias NorrisMLA for Lansdowne(1861–1936)1910–1915LiberalAlbert PrefontaineMLA for Carillon(1861–1935)1915–1920ConservativeUnknown1920–1922Tobias NorrisMLA for Lansdowne(1861–1936)1922–1927LiberalFawcett TaylorMLA for Portage la Prairie(1878–1940)1927–1933ConservativeWilliam Sanford EvansMLA for Winnipeg(1869–1949)1933–1936ConservativeErrick WillisMLA for Deloraine(1896–1967)1936–1940ConservativeLewis StubbsMLA for Winnipeg(1878–1958)1940–1941IndependentHuntly KetchenMLA for Winnipeg(1872–1959)1941–1943Anti-Coalition ConservativeSeymour FarmerMLA for Winnipeg(1878–1951)1943–1947Co-operative CommonwealthEdwin HansfordMLA for St. Boniface(1895–1959)1948–1950Co-operative CommonwealthErrick WillisMLA for Deloraine(1896–1967)1950–1954Progressive ConservativeDufferin RoblinMLA for Winnipeg South(1917–2010)1954–1958Progressive ConservativeDouglas Lloyd CampbellMLA for Lakeside(1895–1995)1958–1961LiberalGildas MolgatMLA for Ste. Rose(1895–1995)1961–1969LiberalWalter WeirMLA for Minnedosa(1929–1985)1969–1971Progressive ConservativeSidney SpivakMLA for River Heights(1928–2002)1971–1975Progressive ConservativeDonald CraikMLA for Riel(1931–1985)1975–1976Progressive ConservativeSterling LyonMLA for Souris-Killarney(1927–2010)1976–1977Progressive ConservativeEdward SchreyerMLA for Rossmere(born 1935)1977–1979New DemocraticHoward PawleyMLA for Selkirk(1934–2015)1979–1981New DemocraticSterling LyonMLA for Charleswood(1927–2010)1981–1983Progressive ConservativeGary FilmonMLA for Tuxedo(born 1942)1983–1988Progressive ConservativeSharon CarstairsMLA for River Heights(born 1942)1988–1990LiberalGary DoerMLA for Concordia(born 1948)1990–1999New DemocraticGary FilmonMLA for Tuxedo(born 1942)1999–2000Progressive ConservativeBonnie MitchelsonMLA for River East(born 1947)2000Progressive ConservativeStuart MurrayMLA for Kirkfield Park(born 1954)2000–2006Progressive ConservativeHugh McFadyenMLA for Fort Whyte(born 1967)2006–2012Progressive ConservativeBrian PallisterMLA for Fort Whyte(born 1954)2012–2016Progressive ConservativeFlor MarcelinoMLA for Logan(born 1951 or 1952)2016–2017New DemocraticWab KinewMLA for Fort Rouge(born 1981)2017–2023New DemocraticHeather StefansonMLA for Tuxedo(born 1970)2023–2024Progressive ConservativeWayne EwaskoMLA for Lac du Bonnet2024–2025Progressive ConservativeObby KhanMLA for Fort Whyte(born 1980)2025–2026Progressive ConservativeKonrad NarthMLA for La Verendrye(born 1987)2026–present Progressive Conservative

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