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	Name Electoral district (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party
	Andrew George Blair MLA for York (1844–1907)	1879–1883		Liberal
	Daniel Lionel Hanington MLA for Westmorland (1835–1909)	1883–1892		Conservative
	Alfred Augustus Stockton MLA for Saint John (1842–1907)	1892–1899		Conservative
	Douglas Hazen MLA for Sunbury (1853–1937)	1899–1908		Conservative
	Clifford William Robinson MLA for Westmorland (1866–1944)	1908–1912		Liberal
	Arthur Bliss Copp MLA for Westmorland (1870–1949)	1912		Liberal
	Louis-Auguste Dugal MLA for Madawaska (1869–1926)	1912–1917		Liberal
	James Alexander Murray MLA for Kings (1864–1960)	1917–1920		Conservative
	John Babington Macaulay Baxter MLA for Saint John County (1868–1946)	1920–1921		Conservative
	Charles Dow Richards MLA for York (1879–1956)	1921–1925		Conservative
	Peter Veniot MLA for Gloucester (1863–1936)	1925–1926		Liberal
	Allison Dysart MLA for Kent (1880–1962)	1926–1935		Liberal
	Frederick C. Squires MLA for Carleton County (1881–1960)	1935–1939		Conservative
	Hugh Mackay MLA for Kings County (1887–1957)	1940–1948		Progressive Conservative
	Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982)	1949–1952		Progressive Conservative
	Austin Claude Taylor MLA for Westmorland (1893–1965)	1952–1957		Liberal
	Joseph E. Connolly MLA for Gloucester (1887–1973)	1957–1958		Liberal
	Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005)	1958–1960		Liberal
	Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982)	1960		Progressive Conservative
	Cyril Sherwood MLA for Kings (1915–1996)	1960–1966		Progressive Conservative
	Charles Van Horne MLA for Restigouche (1921–2003)	1967		Progressive Conservative
	Richard Hatfield MLA for Carleton (1931–1991)	1967–1970		Progressive Conservative
	Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005)	1970–1971		Liberal
	Robert J. Higgins MLA for Saint John Centre (born 1934)	1971–1978		Liberal
	Joseph Daigle MLA for Kent North (born 1934)	1978–1981		Liberal
	Doug Young MLA for Tracadie (born 1940)	1982–1983		Liberal
	Ray Frenette MLA for Moncton East (1935–2018)	1983–1985		Liberal
	Shirley Dysart MLA for Saint John Park (1928–2016)	1985		Liberal
	Frank McKenna MLA for Chatham (born 1948)	1985–1987		Liberal
	Camille Thériault[lower-alpha 1] MLA for Kent South (born 1955)	1987–1991		Liberal
	Danny Cameron MLA for York South (1924–2009)	1991–1995		Confederation of Regions
	Ab Rector MLA for Oromocto (1934–2005)	1995		Confederation of Regions
	Greg Hargrove MLA for York North (born 1959)	1995		Confederation of Regions
	Bernard Valcourt MLA for Edmundston (born 1952)	1995–1997		Progressive Conservative
	Elvy Robichaud MLA for Tracadie-Sheila (born 1951)	1997–1998		Progressive Conservative
	Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965)	1998–1999		Progressive Conservative
	Camille Thériault MLA for Kent South (born 1955)	1999–2001		Liberal
	Bernard Richard MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1951)	2001–2002		Liberal
	Shawn Graham MLA for Kent (born 1968)	2002–2006		Liberal
	Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965)	2006–2007		Progressive Conservative
	Jeannot Volpé MLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs (born 1950)	2007–2008		Progressive Conservative
	David Alward MLA for Woodstock (born 1959)	2008–2010		Progressive Conservative
	Victor Boudreau MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1970)	2010–2013		Liberal
	Brian Gallant MLA for Kent (born 1982)	2013–2014		Liberal
	Bruce Fitch MLA for Riverview	2014–2016		Progressive Conservative
	Blaine Higgs MLA for Quispamsis (born 1954)	2016–2018		Progressive Conservative
	Brian Gallant MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe (born 1982)	2018–2019		Liberal
	Denis Landry MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1957)	2019–2020		Liberal
	Roger Melanson MLA for Dieppe	2020–2022		Liberal
	Rob McKee MLA for Moncton Centre (born 1985)	2022–2023		Liberal
	Susan Holt MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1977)	2023–2024		Liberal

Notes

1. The Liberals won all seats in the Legislative Assembly in the 1987 election. Camille Thériault was appointed by Premier Frank McKenna as Opposition Leader to ensure proper Parliamentary functions. During that time, no opposition leader, in the sense of the office being held by the leader of the largest non-governing political party, existed.

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)