Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)

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.

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.

Portrait NameElectoral district(Birth–Death) Term of officePartyAndrew George BlairMLA for York(1844–1907)1879–1883LiberalDaniel Lionel HaningtonMLA for Westmorland(1835–1909)1883–1892ConservativeAlfred Augustus StocktonMLA for Saint John(1842–1907)1892–1899ConservativeDouglas HazenMLA for Sunbury(1853–1937)1899–1908ConservativeClifford William RobinsonMLA for Westmorland(1866–1944)1908–1912LiberalArthur Bliss CoppMLA for Westmorland(1870–1949)1912LiberalLouis-Auguste DugalMLA for Madawaska(1869–1926)1912–1917LiberalJames Alexander MurrayMLA for Kings(1864–1960)1917–1920ConservativeJohn Babington Macaulay BaxterMLA for Saint John County(1868–1946)1920–1921ConservativeCharles Dow RichardsMLA for York(1879–1956)1921–1925ConservativePeter VeniotMLA for Gloucester(1863–1936)1925–1926LiberalAllison DysartMLA for Kent(1880–1962)1926–1935LiberalFrederick C. SquiresMLA for Carleton County(1881–1960)1935–1939ConservativeHugh MackayMLA for Kings County(1887–1957)1940–1948Progressive ConservativeHugh John FlemmingMLA for Carleton(1899–1982)1949–1952Progressive ConservativeAustin Claude TaylorMLA for Westmorland(1893–1965)1952–1957LiberalJoseph E. ConnollyMLA for Gloucester(1887–1973)1957–1958LiberalLouis RobichaudMLA for Kent(1925–2005)1958–1960LiberalHugh John FlemmingMLA for Carleton(1899–1982)1960Progressive ConservativeCyril SherwoodMLA for Kings(1915–1996)1960–1966Progressive ConservativeCharles Van HorneMLA for Restigouche(1921–2003)1967Progressive ConservativeRichard HatfieldMLA for Carleton(1931–1991)1967–1970Progressive ConservativeLouis RobichaudMLA for Kent(1925–2005)1970–1971LiberalRobert J. HigginsMLA for Saint John Centre(born 1934)1971–1978LiberalJoseph DaigleMLA for Kent North(born 1934)1978–1981LiberalDoug YoungMLA for Tracadie(born 1940)1982–1983LiberalRay FrenetteMLA for Moncton East(1935–2018)1983–1985LiberalShirley DysartMLA for Saint John Park(1928–2016)1985LiberalFrank McKennaMLA for Chatham(born 1948)1985–1987LiberalCamille ThériaultMLA for Kent South(born 1955)1987–1991LiberalDanny CameronMLA for York South(1924–2009)1991–1995Confederation of RegionsAb RectorMLA for Oromocto(1934–2005)1995Confederation of RegionsGreg HargroveMLA for York North(born 1959)1995Confederation of RegionsBernard ValcourtMLA for Edmundston(born 1952)1995–1997Progressive ConservativeElvy RobichaudMLA for Tracadie-Sheila(born 1951)1997–1998Progressive ConservativeBernard LordMLA for Moncton East(born 1965)1998–1999Progressive ConservativeCamille ThériaultMLA for Kent South(born 1955)1999–2001LiberalBernard RichardMLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé(born 1951)2001–2002LiberalShawn GrahamMLA for Kent(born 1968)2002–2006LiberalBernard LordMLA for Moncton East(born 1965)2006–2007Progressive ConservativeJeannot VolpéMLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs(born 1950)2007–2008Progressive ConservativeDavid AlwardMLA for Woodstock(born 1959)2008–2010Progressive ConservativeVictor BoudreauMLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé(born 1970)2010–2013LiberalBrian GallantMLA for Kent(born 1982)2013–2014LiberalBruce FitchMLA for Riverview2014–2016Progressive ConservativeBlaine HiggsMLA for Quispamsis(born 1954)2016–2018Progressive ConservativeBrian GallantMLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe(born 1982)2018–2019LiberalDenis LandryMLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore(born 1957)2019–2020LiberalRoger MelansonMLA for Dieppe2020–2022LiberalRob McKeeMLA for Moncton Centre(born 1985)2022–2023LiberalSusan HoltMLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore(born 1977)2023–2024LiberalGlen SavoieMLA for Saint John East2024–presentProgressive Conservative

Notes

See also Leader of the Opposition (Alberta) Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia) Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba) Leader of the Opposition (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leader of the Opposition (Nova Scotia) Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Leader of the Opposition (Prince Edward Island) Leader of the Opposition (Quebec) Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan) Leader of the Opposition (Yukon Territory)