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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.
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! !! Name !! Electoral district<br>(Region) !! Took office !! Left office !! Party
|Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière || Lotbinière<br>(Chaudière-Appalaches) || 1869 || 1878 || Liberal
|Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau || Terrebonne<br>(Lanaudière) || 1878 || 1879 || Conservative
|Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière || Lotbinière<br>(Chaudière-Appalaches) || 1879 || 1883 || Liberal
|Honoré Mercier || Saint-Hyacinthe<br>(Montérégie) || 1883 || 1887 || Liberal
|Louis-Olivier Taillon || Montcalm<br>(Lanaudière) || 1887 || 1890 || Conservative
|Jean Blanchet || Beauce<br>(Chaudière-Appalaches) || 1890 || 1891 || Conservative
|Félix-Gabriel Marchand || Saint-Jean<br>(Montérégie) || 1892 || 1897 || Liberal
|Edmund James Flynn || Gaspé<br>(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900 <br /> Nicolet<br>(Centre-du-Québec) after 1900 || 1897 || 1904 || Conservative
|Pierre-Évariste Leblanc || Laval<br>(Laval) || 1905 || 1908 || Conservative
|Joseph-Mathias Tellier || Joliette<br>(Lanaudière) || 1908 || 1915 || Conservative
|Philémon Cousineau || Jacques-Cartier<br>(Montreal) || 1915 || 1916 || Conservative
|Arthur Sauvé || Deux-Montagnes<br>(Laurentides) || 1916 || 1929 || Conservative
|Camillien Houde || Montréal-Sainte-Marie<br>(Montreal) || 1929 || 1931 || Conservative
|Charles Ernest Gault || Montréal-Saint-Georges<br>(Montreal) || 1931 || 1932 || Conservative
|Maurice Duplessis || Trois-Rivières<br>(Mauricie) || 1932 || 1936 || Conservative
|Télesphore-Damien Bouchard || Saint-Hyacinthe<br>(Montérégie) || 1936 || 1939 || Liberal
|Maurice Duplessis || Trois-Rivières<br>(Mauricie) || 1939 || 1944 || Union Nationale
|Adélard Godbout || L'Islet<br>(Chaudière-Appalaches) || 1944 || 1948 || Liberal
|George Carlyle Marler || Westmount-Saint-Georges<br>(Montreal) || 1948 || 1953 || Liberal
|Georges-Émile Lapalme || Montréal-Outremont<br>(Montreal) || 1953 || 1960 || Liberal
|Yves Prévost || Montmorency<br>(Québec) || 1960 || 1961 || Union Nationale
|Antonio Talbot || Chicoutimi<br>(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean) || 1961 || 1961 || Union Nationale
|Daniel Johnson, Sr. || Bagot<br>(Montérégie) || 1961 || 1966 || Union Nationale
|Jean Lesage || Louis-Hébert<br>(Québec) || 1966 || 1970 || Liberal
|Robert Bourassa || Mercier<br>(Montreal) || 1970 || 1970 || Liberal
|Jean-Jacques Bertrand || Missisquoi<br>(Eastern Townships) || 1970 || 1971 || Union Nationale
|Gabriel Loubier || Bellechasse<br>(Chaudière-Appalaches) || 1971 || 1973 || Union Nationale
|Jacques-Yvan Morin || Sauvé<br>(Montreal) || 1973 || 1976 || Parti Québécois
|Gérard D. Levesque || Bonaventure<br>(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) || 1976 || 1979 || Liberal
|Claude Ryan || Argenteuil<br>(Laurentides) || 1979 || 1982 || Liberal
|Gérard D. Levesque || Bonaventure<br>(Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) || 1982 || 1985 || Liberal
|Robert Bourassa || Bertrand<br>(Montérégie) || 1985 || 1985 || Liberal
|Pierre-Marc Johnson || Anjou<br>(Montreal) || 1985 || 1987 || Parti Québécois
|Guy Chevrette || Joliette<br>(Lanaudière) || 1987 || 1989 || Parti Québécois
|Jacques Parizeau || L'Assomption<br>(Lanaudière) || 1989 || 1994 || Parti Québécois
|Daniel Johnson, Jr. || Vaudreuil<br>(Montérégie) || 1994 || 1998 || Liberal
|Monique Gagnon-Tremblay || Saint-François<br>(Eastern Townships) || 1998 || 1998 || Liberal
|Jean Charest || Sherbrooke<br>(Eastern Townships) || 1998 || 2003 || Liberal
|Bernard Landry || Verchères<br>(Montérégie) || 2003 || 2005 || Parti Québécois
|Louise Harel || Hochelaga-Maisonneuve<br>(Montreal) || 2005 || 2006 || Parti Québécois
|André Boisclair || Pointe-aux-Trembles<br>(Montreal) || 2006 || 2007 || Parti Québécois
|Mario Dumont || Rivière-du-Loup<br>(Bas-Saint-Laurent) || 2007 || 2008 || Action démocratique du Québec
|Pauline Marois || Charlevoix<br>(Capitale-Nationale) || 2008 || 2012 || Parti Québécois
|Jean-Marc Fournier || Saint-Laurent<br>(Montreal) || 2012 || 2013 || Liberal
|Philippe Couillard || Outremont<br>(Montreal) || 2013 || 2014 || Liberal
|Stéphane Bédard|| Chicoutimi<br>(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean) || 2014 ||2015 || Parti Québécois
|Pierre Karl Péladeau || Saint-Jérôme<br>(Laurentides) || 2015 ||2016 || Parti Québécois
|Sylvain Gaudreault || Jonquière<br>(Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean) || 2016 ||2016 || Parti Québécois
|Jean-François Lisée ||Rosemont<br>(Montréal)|| 2016 ||2018 || Parti Québécois
|Pierre Arcand||Mont-Royal–Outremont<br>(Montréal)|| 2018 || 2020|| Liberal
|Dominique Anglade||Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne<br>(Montréal)|| 2020|| 2022 || Liberal
|Marc Tanguay||LaFontaine<br>(Montréal)|| 2022|| 2025 || Liberal
|Marwah Rizqy||Saint-Laurent<br>(Montréal)|| 2025|| 2025 || Liberal
|André Fortin||Pontiac<br>(Outaouais)|| 2025|| 2025 || Liberal
|Marc Tanguay||LaFontaine<br>(Montréal)|| 2025 || 2026 || Liberal
|André Fortin||Pontiac<br>(Outaouais)|| 2026|| || Liberal
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Footnotes
See also
- List of Quebec general elections
- Timeline of Quebec history
- National Assembly of Quebec
- List of Quebec premiers
- List of third party leaders (Quebec)
- History of Quebec
External links
- Les chefs de l'opposition officielle depuis 1869