List of leaders of the Official Opposition of Quebec

This is a list of the leaders of the opposition party of Quebec, Canada since Confederation (1867).

Note that the leader of the Opposition is not always the leader of the political party with the second-largest number of seats, in cases where the leader of that party does not have a seat.

There was no Leader of the Official Opposition until March 1869, when the government's second budget was introduced.

NameElectoral district
(Region)
Took officeLeft officeParty
  Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
18691878Liberal
  Joseph-Adolphe ChapleauTerrebonne
(Lanaudière)
18781879Conservative
  Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
18791883Liberal
  Honoré MercierSaint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)
18831887Liberal
  Louis-Olivier TaillonMontcalm
(Lanaudière)
18871890Conservative
  Jean BlanchetBeauce
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
18901891Conservative
  Félix-Gabriel MarchandSaint-Jean
(Montérégie)
18921897Liberal
  Edmund James FlynnGaspé
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900
Nicolet
(Centre-du-Québec) after 1900
18971904Conservative
  Pierre-Évariste LeblancLaval
(Laval)
19051908Conservative
  Joseph-Mathias TellierJoliette
(Lanaudière)
19081915Conservative
  Philémon CousineauJacques-Cartier
(Montreal)
19151916Conservative
  Arthur SauvéDeux-Montagnes
(Laurentides)
19161929Conservative
  Camillien HoudeMontréal-Sainte-Marie
(Montreal)
19291931Conservative
  Charles Ernest GaultMontréal-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)
19311932Conservative
  Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)
19321936Conservative
  Télesphore-Damien BouchardSaint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie)
19361939Liberal
  Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
(Mauricie)
19391944Union Nationale
  Adélard GodboutL'Islet
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
19441948Liberal
  George Carlyle MarlerWestmount-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)
19481953Liberal
  Georges-Émile LapalmeMontréal-Outremont
(Montreal)
19531960Liberal
  Yves PrévostMontmorency
(Québec)
19601961Union Nationale
  Antonio TalbotChicoutimi
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)
19611961Union Nationale
  Daniel Johnson, Sr.Bagot
(Montérégie)
19611966Union Nationale
  Jean LesageLouis-Hébert
(Québec)
19661970Liberal
  Robert BourassaMercier
(Montreal)
19701970Liberal
  Jean-Jacques BertrandMissisquoi
(Eastern Townships)
19701971Union Nationale
  Gabriel LoubierBellechasse
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
19711973Union Nationale
  Jacques-Yvan MorinSauvé
(Montreal)
19731976Parti Québécois
  Gérard D. LevesqueBonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
19761979Liberal
  Claude RyanArgenteuil
(Laurentides)
19791982Liberal
  Gérard D. LevesqueBonaventure
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
19821985Liberal
  Robert BourassaBertrand
(Montérégie)
19851985Liberal
  Pierre-Marc JohnsonAnjou
(Montreal)
19851987Parti Québécois
  Guy ChevretteJoliette
(Lanaudière)
19871989Parti Québécois
  Jacques ParizeauL'Assomption
(Lanaudière)
19891994Parti Québécois
  Daniel Johnson, Jr.Vaudreuil
(Montérégie)
19941998Liberal
  Monique Gagnon-TremblaySaint-François
(Eastern Townships)
19981998Liberal
  Jean CharestSherbrooke
(Eastern Townships)
19982003Liberal
  Bernard LandryVerchères
(Montérégie)
20032005Parti Québécois
  Louise HarelHochelaga-Maisonneuve
(Montreal)
20052006Parti Québécois
  André BoisclairPointe-aux-Trembles
(Montreal)
20062007Parti Québécois
  Mario DumontRivière-du-Loup
(Bas-Saint-Laurent)
20072008Action démocratique du Québec
  Pauline MaroisCharlevoix
(Capitale-Nationale)
20082012Parti Québécois
  Jean-Marc FournierSaint-Laurent
(Montreal)
20122013Liberal
  Philippe CouillardOutremont
(Montreal)
20132014Liberal
  Stéphane BédardChicoutimi
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)
20142015Parti Québécois
  Pierre Karl PéladeauSaint-Jérôme
(Laurentides)
20152016Parti Québécois
  Sylvain GaudreaultJonquière
(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)
20162016Parti Québécois
  Jean-François LiséeRosemont
(Montréal)
20162018Parti Québécois
  Pierre ArcandMont-Royal–Outremont
(Montréal)
20182020Liberal
  Dominique AngladeSaint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
(Montréal)
20202023Liberal
  Marc TanguayLaFontaine
(Montréal)
2023presentLiberal
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