Leader of the Opposition ( Ontario ) - wikipedia Leader of the Opposition ( Ontario ) For the Leader of the Opposition in other parliamentary systems, see Leader of the Opposition. Leader of the Opposition Incumbent Vic Fedeli Vic Fedeli since 26 January 2018 Member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario Term length While leader of the largest party not in government Inaugural holder Edward Blake Formation 1869 ; 149 years ago ( 1869 ) The Leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario is the leader of the largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario which is not part of the government. The current official opposition is formed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ( PC ). The Leader of the Opposition is currently former interim PC leader Vic Fedeli, who was elected by the PC caucus following the resignation of Patrick Brown due to sexual misconduct allegations. Fedeli continues to serve as Leader of the Opposition after the election of Doug Ford as PC leader on 10 March 2018 as Ford currently does not have a seat in the Ontario Legislature. Ontario 's first Leader of the Opposition was Edward Blake of the Ontario Liberal Party who held the position from 1869 until 1871 when he became Premier of Ontario ( Archibald McKellar had previously led the Liberal Party in the legislature for two years, but was not formally recognized as opposition leader ). Ten Leaders were Premier before after they served this post. Archibald McKellar ( Liberal ) 1867 - 1869 was not formally recognized as opposition leader, but led the Liberal Party in the legislature. List of Leaders of the Official Opposition in Ontario # Leader Party Took office Left office 1. Edward Blake Liberal December 1869 December 1871 2. Matthew Crooks Cameron Conservative December 1871 1878 3. William Ralph Meredith October 1878 October 1894 4. George Marter October 1894 April 1896 5. James Whitney April 1896 January 1905 6. George William Ross Liberal February 1905 January 1907 7. George Graham January 1907 August 1907 8. Alexander Grant MacKay August 1907 1911 9. Newton Wesley Rowell December 1911 1917 10. William Proudfoot February 1918 October 1919 11. Hartley Dewart 1919 October 1921 12. Wellington Hay March 1922 June 1923 13. William Sinclair August 1923 June 1934 14. George Henry Conservative July 1935 December 1938 15. George Drew Conservative / Progressive Conservative 1939 1943 16. Ted Jolliffe CCF August 1943 June 1945 17. Farquhar Oliver Liberal July 1945 June 1948 - Ted Jolliffe ( second time ) CCF July 1948 November 1951 - Farquhar Oliver ( second time ) Liberal 1951 April 1958 18. John Wintermeyer April 1958 August 1963 - Farquhar Oliver ( third time ) October 1963 September 1964 19. Andy Thompson September 1964 November 1966 20. Robert Nixon February 1967 September 18, 1975 21. Stephen Lewis NDP October 28, 1975 April 29, 1977 22. Stuart Smith Liberal June 1977 September 1981 - Robert Nixon ( second time ) January 25, 1982 February 21, 1982 23. David Peterson February 1982 June 1985 24. Frank Miller Progressive Conservative 1985 1985 25. Larry Grossman 1985 26. Bob Rae NDP - Robert Nixon ( third time ) Liberal November 20, 1990 July 31, 1991 27. Murray Elston 1991 1991 28. Jim Bradley 1991 1992 29. Lyn McLeod 1992 30. Dalton McGuinty 2003 31. Ernie Eves Progressive Conservative 2003 32. Bob Runciman 2005 33. John Tory 2005 2007 - Bob Runciman ( second time ) 2007 2009 34. Tim Hudak 2009 2014 35. Jim Wilson 2014 2015 36. Patrick Brown 2015 2018 37. Vic Fedeli 2018 -- The Liberals were recognized as the Official Opposition following the 1923 election by the governing Conservatives, despite the fact that the United Farmers of Ontario had more seats. According to historian Peter Oliver, this was an arbitrary decision without basis in precedent or law. Conservative Premier G. Howard Ferguson used as justification an announcement by UFO general secretary James J. Morrison that the UFO would be withdrawing from party politics, though Oliver argues that this was facetious logic. UFO parliamentary leader Manning Doherty protested the decision, but to no avail. ( source : Peter Oliver, G. Howard Ferguson : Ontario Tory, ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1977 ), p. 158. ) From 1930, the Liberal Party was led by Mitchell Hepburn, but Sinclair continued as Leader of the Opposition as Hepburn did not seek a seat in the legislature until the 1934 general election which made him Premier. Until 1954, the Liberals were led from outside the legislature by Walter Thomson with Oliver as acting Leader of the Opposition. Oliver led the party in his own right ( for a second time ) from 1954 until 1958. Interim Liberal leader following the personal defeat of Wintermeyer in the 1963 provincial election until Thompson 's election as leader. Interim Liberal leader of the partyfollowing the resignation of Stuart Smith. Interim Liberal leader of the party following the personal defeat of Premier David Peterson in the 1990 election. Elston became interim Liberal leader when Nixon resigned from the legislature to accept a federal appointment. Elston stepped down in November when he decided to be a candidate at the Liberal leadership convention. Interim Liberal leader between resignation of Elston and election of McLeod. John Tory was chosen as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party on September 18, 2004, but did not hold a seat in the legislature. On September 28 the party announced that Bob Runciman would act as interim PC leader until Tory entered the legislature. Tory was elected to represent Dufferin -- Peel -- Wellington -- Grey on March 17, 2005 and was sworn in as an MPP and leader of the opposition on March 29, 2005. As Ontario PC leader John Tory did not win a seat in the 2007 election, he appointed Runciman as interim PC leader. ( Tory had been running in the Don Valley West riding. ) After spending more than a year outside the legislature, Tory sought a seat in the March 5, 2009 by - election in Haliburton -- Kawartha Lakes -- Brock. He lost this by - election, and thereafter resigned as party leader, being replaced by Hudak. Wilson served as interim leader of the Progressive Conservative party following the resignation of Tim Hudak and continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition after Patrick Brown became party leader on May 9, 2015, until September when Brown won a seat in the legislature through a by - election. Vic Fedeli was chosen interim leader of the PC Party by caucus on January 26, 2018, one day after Patrick Brown resigned due to allegations of sexual misconduct. He continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition after Doug Ford became party leader on March 10, 2018, as Ford does not have a seat in the legislature at present. References Jump up ^ http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=412 Jump up ^ `` McGuinty calls byelection in Tory 's riding '', CTV Toronto, February 4, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Patrick Brown elected leader of Ontario Progressive Conservatives ''. Toronto Sun. May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015. 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Question: who is the current leader of the official opposition in ontario
Answer: Vic Fedeli