- List of leaders of the Official Opposition (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 Opposition until March 1869, when the government's second budget was introduced.
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Name
Electoral district
(Region)
Took Office
Left Office
PartyHenri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches )18691878LiberalJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau Terrebonne
(Lanaudière )18781879 ConservativeHenri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches )18791883LiberalHonoré Mercier Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie )18831887Liberal [In the aftermath of the execution of Louis Riel, Honoré Mercier founded the Parti National, in order to bring Conservative dissidents to the Liberal Party. From 1885 to 1891, the Liberal Party is also called Parti National.]Louis-Olivier Taillon Montcalm
(Lanaudière )18871890 ConservativeJean Blanchet Beauce
(Chaudière-Appalaches )18901891 ConservativeFélix-Gabriel Marchand Saint-Jean
(Montérégie )18921897 LiberalEdmund James Flynn Gaspé
(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine ) until 1900
Nicolet
(Centre-du-Québec ) after 190018971904 ConservativePierre-Évariste Leblanc [Pierre-Évariste Leblanc lost his seat to the legislature in 1908. Joseph-Mathias Tellier succeeded him as Conservative Leader.] Laval
(Laval )19051908 ConservativeJoseph-Mathias Tellier Joliette
(Lanaudière )19091915 ConservativePhilémon Cousineau [Philémon Cousineau lost his seat to the legislature in 1916. Arthur Sauvé succeeded him as Conservative Leader.]Jacques-Cartier
(Montreal)19151916 ConservativeArthur Sauvé Deux-Montagnes
(Laurentides )19161929 ConservativeCamillien Houde Montréal-Sainte-Marie
(Montreal)19291931 ConservativeCharles Ernest Gault [Conservative Leader Camillien Houde lost his seat to the legislature. Charles Ernest Gault served as acting Leader.] Montréal-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)19311932 ConservativeMaurice Duplessis Trois-Rivières
(Mauricie )19321936Conservative [In 1935, the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Action libérale nationale (ALN). The ALN ran 60 candidates and won 26 seats. The Conservatives ran 30 candidates and won 16 seats. However, Maurice Duplessis served as leader of the coalition and therefore remained Leader of the Opposition.]Télesphore-Damien Bouchard [Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout lost his seat to the legislature and could not serve as Leader of the Opposition.] Saint-Hyacinthe
(Montérégie )19361939 LiberalMaurice Duplessis Trois-Rivières
(Mauricie )19391944Union NationaleAdélard Godbout L'Islet
(Chaudière-Appalaches )19441948 LiberalGeorge Carlyle Marler [Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout lost his seat to the legislature. His successor, Georges-Émile Lapalme, was defeated in Joliette in 1952. George Marler served as Acting Leader of the Opposition until 1953, when Lapalme won a by-election.] Westmount-Saint-Georges
(Montreal)19481953 LiberalGeorges-Émile Lapalme [Jean Lesage became Liberal Leader in 1958, but Georges-Émile Lapalme remained Leader of the opposition until Lesage won a seat to the legislature in 1960.] Montréal-Outremont
(Montreal)19531960 LiberalYves Prévost [Following the resignation of Union Nationale Leader Antonio Barrette, Yves Prévost served as Acting Leader.] Montmorency
(Québec)19601961Union NationaleAntonio Talbot [Following the resignation of Yves Prévost, Antonio Talbot served as Acting Leader.] Chicoutimi
(Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean )19611961Union NationaleDaniel Johnson, Sr. Bagot
(Montérégie )19611966 Union NationaleJean Lesage Louis-Hébert
(Québec)19661970 LiberalRobert Bourassa Mercier
(Montreal)19701970LiberalJean-Jacques Bertrand Missisquoi
(Eastern Townships)19701971Union NationaleGabriel Loubier Bellechasse
(Chaudière-Appalaches )19711973Union Nationale [From October 25, 1971 to January 14, 1973 the Union Nationale was called Unité Québec.]Jacques-Yvan Morin [Parti Québécois Leader René Lévesque was defeated in Dorion and could not serve as Leader of the Opposition.]
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(Eastern Townships)19981998 Liberal
(Eastern Townships)19982003Liberal
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External links
* http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/chefoppo.html
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