Conservative Party of Canada
Leader

Conservative Party of Canada

Section Title: Leader
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Leader	Term start	Term end	Riding while leader	Notes

—	-	John Lynch-Staunton	8 December 2003	20 March 2004	Senator for Grandville, Quebec	Interim leader, served concurrently as Senate Opposition Leader

1st	-	Stephen Harper	20 March 2004	19 October 2015	Calgary Southwest, AB	Served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 2004–2006, and Prime Minister from 2006–2015.

—	-	Rona Ambrose	5 November 2015	27 May 2017	Sturgeon River—Parkland, AB	Interim leader, served concurrently as Leader of the Official Opposition

2nd	-	Andrew Scheer	27 May 2017	Present	Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK	Concurrently as Leader of the Official Opposition

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John Lynch-Staunton served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 8 December 2003 until 20 March 2004, when the party elected Stephen Harper as its first leader.

final_sentence: John Lynch-Staunton served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 8 December 2003 until 20 March 2004, when the party elected Stephen Harper as its first leader.