List of Leaders of the Official Opposition ( Canada ) - wikipedia List of Leaders of the Official Opposition ( Canada ) This is a List of Canadian Leaders of the Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition is usually the leader of the party with the second-most seats in the House of Commons of Canada, known as Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition. He or she is entitled to the same levels of pay and protection as a Cabinet Minister, and is often made a member of the Canadian Privy Council, generally the only non-government member of the House of Commons afforded that privilege. If the leader of the opposition party is not a Member of Parliament, then a sitting MP takes the role of acting Leader of the Opposition until the party leader can obtain a seat. If there is a leadership race occurring within the party, an MP ( usually the interim party leader ) will serve as Leader of the Opposition until a new party leader is chosen. The position is currently held by Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party, having been elected by the Conservative caucus on May 27, 2017. Nine of the previous officeholders only served as an acting Leader of the Opposition, including Deborah Grey ( the first of three women to hold the position - Grey, Nycole Turmel and Rona Ambrose ). Two Leaders of the Opposition have died in office : Wilfrid Laurier in 1919 and Jack Layton in 2011. Contents 1 Leaders of the Opposition 2 Notes 3 References 4 See also Leaders of the Opposition Liberal Party of Canada Liberal - Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada ( historical ), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Bloc Québécois Reform Party of Canada Canadian Alliance Conservative Party of Canada ( present ) New Democratic Party Leader of the Opposition Party Took Office Left Office Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie ( first of two ) Liberal March 1873 November 5, 1873 John A. Macdonald John A. Macdonald Liberal - Conservative November 6, 1873 October 16, 1878 Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie ( second of two ) Liberal October 17, 1878 April 27, 1880 John A. Macdonald vacant Liberal April 28, 1880 May 3, 1880 Edward Blake Liberal May 4, 1880 June 2, 1887 vacant Liberal June 3, 1887 June 22, 1887 Wilfrid Laurier ( first of two ) Liberal June 23, 1887 July 10, 1896 John Abbott John Sparrow David Thompson Mackenzie Bowell Charles Tupper Charles Tupper Conservative ( historical ) July 11, 1896 February 5, 1901 Wilfrid Laurier Robert Borden Conservative ( historical ) February 6, 1901 October 9, 1911 Wilfrid Laurier ( second of two ) Liberal October 10, 1911 February 17, 1919 Robert Borden Daniel Duncan McKenzie ( acting ) Liberal February 17, 1919 August 7, 1919 William Lyon Mackenzie King ( first of three ) Liberal August 7, 1919 December 28, 1921 Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen Conservative ( historical ) December 29, 1921 June 28, 1926 William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King ( second of three ) Liberal June 29, 1926 September 24, 1926 Arthur Meighen vacant Conservative ( historical ) September 25, 1926 October 10, 1926 William Lyon Mackenzie King Hugh Guthrie Conservative ( historical ) October 11, 1926 October 11, 1927 Richard Bedford Bennett ( first of two ) Conservative ( historical ) October 12, 1927 August 6, 1930 William Lyon Mackenzie King ( third of three ) Liberal August 7, 1930 October 22, 1935 R.B. Bennett Richard Bedford Bennett ( second of two ) Conservative ( historical ) October 23, 1935 July 6, 1938 William Lyon Mackenzie King Robert Manion Conservative ( historical ) July 7, 1938 May 13, 1940 Richard Hanson ( acting ) Conservative ( historical ) May 14, 1940 1943 Gordon Graydon ( acting ) Progressive Conservative 1943 June 10, 1945 John Bracken Progressive Conservative June 11, 1945 July 20, 1948 vacant Progressive Conservative July 21, 1948 October 1, 1948 George A. Drew ( first of two ) Progressive Conservative October 2, 1948 November 1, 1954 Louis St. Laurent William Earl Rowe ( acting, first of two ) Progressive Conservative November 1, 1954 February 1, 1955 George A. Drew ( second of two ) Progressive Conservative February 1, 1955 August 1, 1956 William Earl Rowe ( acting, second of two ) Progressive Conservative August 1, 1956 December 13, 1956 John George Diefenbaker ( first of two ) Progressive Conservative December 14, 1956 June 20, 1957 Louis St. Laurent Liberal June 21, 1957 January 15, 1958 John Diefenbaker Lester B. Pearson Liberal January 16, 1958 April 21, 1963 John George Diefenbaker ( second of two ) Progressive Conservative April 22, 1963 September 8, 1967 Lester B. Pearson Michael Starr ( acting ) Progressive Conservative September 9, 1967 November 5, 1967 Robert Stanfield Progressive Conservative November 6, 1967 February 21, 1976 Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark ( first of two ) Progressive Conservative February 22, 1976 June 3, 1979 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Liberal June 4, 1979 March 2, 1980 Joe Clark Joe Clark ( second of two ) Progressive Conservative March 3, 1980 February 1, 1983 Pierre Trudeau Erik Nielsen ( acting ) Progressive Conservative February 2, 1983 August 28, 1983 Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative August 29, 1983 September 16, 1984 John Turner John Turner Liberal September 17, 1984 February 7, 1990 Brian Mulroney Herb Gray ( acting ) Liberal February 8, 1990 December 20, 1990 Jean Chrétien Liberal December 21, 1990 October 24, 1993 Kim Campbell Lucien Bouchard Bloc Québécois October 25, 1993 January 14, 1996 Jean Chrétien Gilles Duceppe ( acting ) Bloc Québécois January 15, 1996 February 16, 1996 Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois February 17, 1996 March 14, 1997 Gilles Duceppe Bloc Québécois March 15, 1997 June 1, 1997 Preston Manning Reform June 2, 1997 March 26, 2000 Deborah Grey ( acting ) Canadian Alliance March 27, 2000 September 10, 2000 Stockwell Day Canadian Alliance September 11, 2000 December 11, 2001 John Reynolds ( acting ) Canadian Alliance December 12, 2001 May 20, 2002 Stephen Harper ( first of two ) Canadian Alliance May 21, 2002 January 8, 2004 Paul Martin Grant Hill ( acting ) Canadian Alliance January 9, 2004 February 1, 2004 Conservative February 2, 2004 March 19, 2004 Stephen Harper ( second of two ) Conservative March 20, 2004 February 5, 2006 Bill Graham Liberal February 6, 2006 December 1, 2006 Stephen Harper Stéphane Dion Liberal December 2, 2006 December 9, 2008 Michael Ignatieff Liberal December 10, 2008 May 1, 2011 Jack Layton New Democratic May 2, 2011 August 22, 2011 Nycole Turmel New Democratic August 23, 2011 March 23, 2012 Thomas Mulcair New Democratic March 24, 2012 November 4, 2015 Rona Ambrose Conservative November 5, 2015 May 27, 2017 Justin Trudeau Andrew Scheer Conservative May 27, 2017 Incumbent Notes Jump up ^ Tupper lost his seat in the 1900 election and resigned as party leader and Leader of the Opposition three months later. ^ Jump up to : Died in office. Jump up ^ McKenzie served as interim Leader of the Opposition from Laurier 's death until King 's election as leader of the Liberal Party. Jump up ^ Arthur Meighen 's Conservatives formed the Official Opposition although the Progressive Party had more seats. Jump up ^ Meighen failed to win his seat and immediately resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. Jump up ^ Guthrie served as interim Leader of the Opposition from shortly after Meighen 's resignation until Bennett 's election as leader of the Conservative Party. Jump up ^ Hanson served as interim Leader of the Opposition from Manion 's resignation until Meighen 's election as leader of the Conservative Party. He continued as acting Leader of the Opposition throughout Meighen 's term as Conservative leader, as Meighen failed in his attempts to win election to the House of Commons, and continued as acting Leader of the Opposition from Bracken 's election as PC leader until his own resignation. Jump up ^ Graydon served as acting Leader of the Opposition from Hanson 's resignation until Bracken entered Parliament in the 20th general election. Jump up ^ Rowe served as acting Leader of the Opposition in winter 1954 - 55 due to Drew 's poor health. Jump up ^ Rowe again served as acting Leader of the Opposition due to Drew 's poor health until Drew was replaced by Diefenbaker. Jump up ^ Starr served as acting Leader of the Opposition from Stanfield 's election as PC leader until Stanfield entered Parliament via by - election. Jump up ^ Nielsen served as acting Leader of the Opposition for the two weeks preceding Clark 's resignation from the post of leader of the PC Party. He continued as interim Leader of the Opposition during the 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign in which Clark unsuccessfully ran to succeed himself. Nielsen continued as acting Leader of the Opposition from Mulroney 's election as PC leader until Mulroney entered Parliament via by - election. Jump up ^ Gray served as parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from John Turner 's announcement that he would be stepping down through Chrétien 's election as Liberal leader and until Chrétien entered Parliament via by - election. Jump up ^ Duceppe served as interim Leader of the Opposition during the 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election initiated by Bouchard 's sudden resignation from federal politics to become Premier of Quebec. Jump up ^ Grey served as interim Leader of the Opposition during the 2000 Canadian Alliance leadership campaign in which Manning unsuccessfully ran to succeed himself. She continued as acting Leader of the Opposition from Day 's election as Alliance leader until Day entered Parliament via byelection. Jump up ^ Reynolds served as interim Leader of the Opposition during the 2002 Canadian Alliance leadership campaign in which Day unsuccessfully ran to succeed himself. He continued as acting Leader of the Opposition from Harper 's election as Alliance leader until Harper entered Parliament via by - election. Jump up ^ Hill served as interim Leader of the Opposition during the 2004 Conservative leadership election in which Harper successfully ran to be leader of the new party. Jump up ^ Although the PC Party and Canadian Alliance were recognized as merged on December 7, 2003, by Elections Canada, they did not merge their parliamentary caucuses until February 2, 2004. Jump up ^ Graham served as interim parliamentary leader and Leader of the Opposition until the 2006 Liberal leadership convention. Jump up ^ Ignatieff served as interim Leader of the Opposition until the 2009 Liberal leadership convention. Jump up ^ Turmel became interim leader of the NDP on July 28, 2011, when Layton began his leave of absence, but she did not become the Leader of the Opposition until Layton 's death. Jump up ^ Ambrose elected interim party leader by the Conservative caucus to serve until a permanent leader is elected at the next Conservative Party of Canada leadership election References Jump up ^ McGregor, Janyce ( August 22, 2011 ). `` Parliament and Layton 's passing ''. CBC News. Retrieved August 23, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Parliament of Canada. `` Leaders of the Official Opposition ''. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 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Question: who is the current leader of the official opposition in canada
Answer: Andrew Scheer