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.

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scope="col" \| Portrait ! scope="col" width="200px" \| Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) ! scope="col" width="100px" \| Term of office ! colspan="2" \|Party
129x129px \|Andrew George Blair MLA for York (1844–1907) \|1879–1883 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \| width="100px" \|Liberal
\|Daniel Lionel Hanington MLA for Westmorland (1835–1909) \|1883–1892 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
130x130px \|Alfred Augustus Stockton MLA for Saint John (1842–1907) \|1892–1899 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
111x111px \|Douglas Hazen MLA for Sunbury (1853–1937) \|1899–1908 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
127x127px \|Clifford William Robinson MLA for Westmorland (1866–1944) \|1908–1912 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
129x129px \|Arthur Bliss Copp MLA for Westmorland (1870–1949) \|1912 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Louis-Auguste Dugal MLA for Madawaska (1869–1926) \|1912–1917 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|James Alexander Murray MLA for Kings (1864–1960) \|1917–1920 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
\|John Babington Macaulay Baxter MLA for Saint John County (1868–1946) \|1920–1921 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
\|Charles Dow Richards MLA for York (1879–1956) \|1921–1925 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
File:Peter Veniot as Postmaster General.jpg \|Peter Veniot MLA for Gloucester (1863–1936) \|1925–1926 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
115x115px \|Allison Dysart MLA for Kent (1880–1962) \|1926–1935 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Frederick C. Squires MLA for Carleton County (1881–1960) \|1935–1939 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Conservative}}; " \| \|Conservative
\|Hugh Mackay MLA for Kings County (1887–1957) \|1940–1948 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982) \|1949–1952 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
100px \|Austin Claude Taylor MLA for Westmorland (1893–1965) \|1952–1957 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Joseph E. Connolly MLA for Gloucester (1887–1973) \|1957–1958 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005) \|1958–1960 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982) \|1960 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Cyril Sherwood MLA for Kings (1915–1996) \|1960–1966 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Charles Van Horne MLA for Restigouche (1921–2003) \|1967 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Richard Hatfield MLA for Carleton (1931–1991) \|1967–1970 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005) \|1970–1971 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Robert J. Higgins MLA for Saint John Centre (born 1934) \|1971–1978 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Joseph Daigle MLA for Kent North (born 1934) \|1978–1981 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Doug Young MLA for Tracadie (born 1940) \|1982–1983 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Ray Frenette MLA for Moncton East (1935–2018) \|1983–1985 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Shirley Dysart MLA for Saint John Park (1928–2016) \|1985 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
98x98px \|Frank McKenna MLA for Chatham (born 1948) \|1985–1987 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
80x80px \|Camille Thériault{{Efn\|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.}} MLA for Kent South (born 1955) \|1987–1991 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Danny Cameron MLA for York South (1924–2009) \|1991–1995 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Confederation of Regions}}; " \| \|Confederation of Regions
\|Ab Rector MLA for Oromocto (1934–2005) \|1995 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Confederation of Regions}}; " \| \|Confederation of Regions
\|Greg Hargrove MLA for York North (born 1959) \|1995 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Confederation of Regions}}; " \| \|Confederation of Regions
\|Bernard Valcourt MLA for Edmundston (born 1952) \|1995–1997 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Elvy Robichaud MLA for Tracadie-Sheila (born 1951) \|1997–1998 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
120x120px \|Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965) \|1998–1999 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
80x80px \|Camille Thériault MLA for Kent South (born 1955) \|1999–2001 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Bernard Richard MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1951) \|2001–2002 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
107x107px \|Shawn Graham MLA for Kent (born 1968) \|2002–2006 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
120x120px \|Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965) \|2006–2007 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
\|Jeannot Volpé MLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs (born 1950) \|2007–2008 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
108x108px \|David Alward MLA for Woodstock (born 1959) \|2008–2010 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
105x105px \|Victor Boudreau MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1970) \|2010–2013 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
107x107px \|Brian Gallant MLA for Kent (born 1982) \|2013–2014 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
105x105px \|Bruce Fitch MLA for Riverview \|2014–2016 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
107x107px \|Blaine Higgs MLA for Quispamsis (born 1954) \|2016–2018 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative
107x107px \|Brian Gallant MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe (born 1982) \|2018–2019 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Denis Landry MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1957) \|2019–2020 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
115x115px \|Roger Melanson MLA for Dieppe \|2020–2022 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
\|Rob McKee MLA for Moncton Centre (born 1985) \|2022–2023 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
107x107px \|Susan Holt MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1977) \|2023–2024 \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|Liberal}}; " \| \|Liberal
107x107px \|Glen Savoie MLA for Saint John East \|2024–present \| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NB\|PC}}; " \| \|Progressive Conservative

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scope="col" | Portrait

! scope="col" width="200px" | Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)

! scope="col" width="100px" | Term of office

! colspan="2" |Party

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|Andrew George Blair
MLA for York
(1844–1907)

|1879–1883

| style="width:1px; background:{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal}}; " |

| width="100px" |Liberal

|Daniel Lionel Hanington
MLA for Westmorland
(1835–1909)

|1883–1892