Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory)

The Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory, is an official role usually occupied by the leader of the second largest party or coalition in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. The title is conferred under Standing Order 5A of the ACT Legislative Assembly, that the Leader of the Opposition shall be the leader of the largest non-Government party, with the consent of that member. In the event of an equal number of members of the second largest party, the Assembly shall vote and elect a Leader of the Opposition.

List of Opposition Leaders of the Australian Capital Territory

#	Image	Opposition Leader	Party	Term		Duration
1		Trevor Kaine[1]	Liberal	11 May 1989	5 December 1989	208 days
2		Rosemary Follett[2]	Labor	5 December 1989	6 June 1991	1 year, 183 days
(1)		Trevor Kaine[3]	Liberal	6 June 1991	21 June 1991	15 days
3		Craig Duby[4]	Independents Group	21 June 1991		6.5 hours[5]
4		Gary Humphries[6]	Liberal	21 June 1991	22 July 1991	31 days
(1)		Trevor Kaine[7]	Liberal	22 July 1991	21 April 1993	1 year, 273 days
5		Kate Carnell[8]	Liberal	21 April 1993	9 March 1995	1 year, 322 days
(2)		Rosemary Follett[9]	Labor	9 March 1995	5 March 1996	362 days
6		Andrew Whitecross[10]	Labor	5 March 1996	19 August 1997	532 days
7		Wayne Berry[11]	Labor	19 August 1997	20 February 1998	185 days
8		Jon Stanhope[12]	Labor	19 March 1998	19 October 2001	3 years, 265 days
(4)		Gary Humphries[13]	Liberal	12 November 2001	25 November 2002	1 year, 13 days
9		Brendan Smyth[14]	Liberal	25 November 2002	16 May 2006	3 years, 172 days
10		Bill Stefaniak[15]	Liberal	16 May 2006	13 December 2007	1 year, 211 days
11		Zed Seselja[16]	Liberal	13 December 2007	11 January 2013	5 years, 60 days
12		Jeremy Hanson[17]	Liberal	11 February 2013	present	2 years, 318 days

References

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5. "Duby out, Humphries in? Chaos over vote". The Canberra Times. 22 June 1991. p. 1. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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