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.

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Andrew G. Blair	Liberal	1879	1883
	Daniel L. Hanington	Conservative	1883	1892
	Alfred Augustus Stockton	Conservative	1892	1899
	John Douglas Hazen	Conservative	1899	1908
	Clifford W. Robinson	Liberal	1908	1912
	Arthur Bliss Copp	Liberal	1912	1912
	Louis-Auguste Dugal	Liberal	1912	1917
	James Alexander Murray	Conservative	1917	1920
	John B. M. Baxter	Conservative	1920	1921
	Charles D. Richards	Conservative	1921	1925
	Peter Veniot	Liberal	1925	1926
	Allison Dysart	Liberal	1926	1935
	Frederick C. Squires	Conservative	1935	1939
	Hugh H. Mackay	Progressive Conservative	1940	1948
	Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative	1949	1952
	Austin Claude Taylor	Liberal	1952	1957
	Joseph E. Connolly	Liberal	1957	1958
	Louis Robichaud	Liberal	1958	1960
	Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative	1960	1960
	Cyril Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	1960	1966
	Charles Van Horne	Progressive Conservative	1967	1967
	Richard Hatfield	Progressive Conservative	1967	1970
	Louis Robichaud	Liberal	1970	1971
	Robert Higgins	Liberal	1971	1978
	Joseph Daigle	Liberal	1978	1981
	Doug Young	Liberal	1982	1983
	Ray Frenette	Liberal	1983	1985
	Shirley Dysart	Liberal	1985	1985
	Frank McKenna	Liberal	1985	1987
	Camille Thériault[1]	Liberal	1987	1991
	Danny Cameron	Confederation of Regions	1991	1995
	Ab Rector	Confederation of Regions	1995	1995
	Greg Hargrove	Confederation of Regions	1995	1995
	Bernard Valcourt	Progressive Conservative	1995	1997
	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	1997	1998
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	1998	1999
	Camille Theriault	Liberal	1999	2001
	Bernard Richard	Liberal	2001	2002
	Shawn Graham	Liberal	2002	2006
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	2006	2007
	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	2007	2008
	David Alward	Progressive Conservative	2008	2010
	Victor Boudreau	Liberal	2010	2013
	Brian Gallant	Liberal	2013	2014
	Bruce Fitch	Progressive Conservative	2014	present

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 (Northwest Territories)
• Leader of the Opposition (Nunavut)
• 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)