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.

List of leaders of the Official Opposition of Quebec

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Table Section Text: 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.

Name	Electoral district (Region)	Took Office	Left Office	Party

Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Lotbinière (Chaudière-Appalaches)	1869	1878	Liberal

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	Terrebonne (Lanaudière)	1878	1879	Conservative

Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Lotbinière (Chaudière-Appalaches)	1879	1883	Liberal

Honoré Mercier	Saint-Hyacinthe (Montérégie)	1883	1887	Liberal

Louis-Olivier Taillon	Montcalm (Lanaudière)	1887	1890	Conservative

Jean Blanchet	Beauce (Chaudière-Appalaches)	1890	1891	Conservative

Félix-Gabriel Marchand	Saint-Jean (Montérégie)	1892	1897	Liberal

Edmund James Flynn	Gaspé (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) until 1900 Nicolet (Centre-du-Québec) after 1900	1897	1904	Conservative

Pierre-Évariste Leblanc	Laval (Laval)	1905	1908	Conservative

Joseph-Mathias Tellier	Joliette (Lanaudière)	1908	1915	Conservative

Philémon Cousineau	Jacques-Cartier (Montreal)	1915	1916	Conservative

Arthur Sauvé	Deux-Montagnes (Laurentides)	1916	1929	Conservative

Camillien Houde	Montréal-Sainte-Marie (Montreal)	1929	1931	Conservative

Charles Ernest Gault	Montréal-Saint-Georges (Montreal)	1931	1932	Conservative

Maurice Duplessis	Trois-Rivières (Mauricie)	1932	1936	Conservative

Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Saint-Hyacinthe (Montérégie)	1936	1939	Liberal

Maurice Duplessis	Trois-Rivières (Mauricie)	1939	1944	Union Nationale

Adélard Godbout	L'Islet (Chaudière-Appalaches)	1944	1948	Liberal

George Carlyle Marler	Westmount-Saint-Georges (Montreal)	1948	1953	Liberal

Georges-Émile Lapalme	Montréal-Outremont (Montreal)	1953	1960	Liberal

Yves Prévost	Montmorency (Québec)	1960	1961	Union Nationale

Antonio Talbot	Chicoutimi (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)	1961	1961	Union Nationale

Daniel Johnson, Sr.	Bagot (Montérégie)	1961	1966	Union Nationale

Jean Lesage	Louis-Hébert (Québec)	1966	1970	Liberal

Robert Bourassa	Mercier (Montreal)	1970	1970	Liberal

Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Missisquoi (Eastern Townships)	1970	1971	Union Nationale

Gabriel Loubier	Bellechasse (Chaudière-Appalaches)	1971	1973	Union Nationale

Jacques-Yvan Morin	Sauvé (Montreal)	1973	1976	Parti Québécois

Gérard D. Levesque	Bonaventure (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)	1976	1979	Liberal

Claude Ryan	Argenteuil (Laurentides)	1979	1982	Liberal

Gérard D. Levesque	Bonaventure (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)	1982	1985	Liberal

Robert Bourassa	Bertrand (Montérégie)	1985	1985	Liberal

Pierre-Marc Johnson	Anjou (Montreal)	1985	1987	Parti Québécois

Guy Chevrette	Joliette (Lanaudière)	1987	1989	Parti Québécois

Jacques Parizeau	L'Assomption (Lanaudière)	1989	1994	Parti Québécois

Daniel Johnson, Jr.	Vaudreuil (Montérégie)	1994	1998	Liberal

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	Saint-François (Eastern Townships)	1998	1998	Liberal

Jean Charest	Sherbrooke (Eastern Townships)	1998	2003	Liberal

Bernard Landry	Verchères (Montérégie)	2003	2005	Parti Québécois

Louise Harel	Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (Montreal)	2005	2006	Parti Québécois

André Boisclair	Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)	2006	2007	Parti Québécois

Mario Dumont	Rivière-du-Loup (Bas-Saint-Laurent)	2007	2008	Action démocratique du Québec

Pauline Marois	Charlevoix (Capitale-Nationale)	2008	2012	Parti Québécois

Jean-Marc Fournier	Saint-Laurent (Montreal)	2012	2013	Liberal

Philippe Couillard	Outremont (Montreal)	2013	2014	Liberal

Stéphane Bédard	Chicoutimi (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)	2014	2015	Parti Québécois

Pierre Karl Péladeau	Saint-Jérôme (Laurentides)	2015	2016	Parti Québécois

Sylvain Gaudreault	Jonquière (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)	2016	2016	Parti Québécois

Jean-François Lisée	Rosemont (Montréal)	2016	2018	Parti Québécois

Pierre Arcand	Mont-Royal–Outremont (Montréal)	2018	present	Liberal

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Godbout served as Leader of the Opposition until 1948.

final_sentence: Godbout served as Leader of the Opposition until 1948.