# Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba)

The Leader of the Opposition (French: Chef de l'Opposition) in Manitoba is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba who leads the party recognized as the Official Opposition. This status generally goes to the leader of the second largest party in the Legislative Assembly.
William Alexander Macdonald was the first officially recognized Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba, although Rodmond Roblin is considered to have been the de facto opposition leader from 1890 until he lost his seat in the 1892 provincial election.
As of 18 January 2024, the Leader of the Opposition of Manitoba has been Wayne Ewasko, the interim head of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.

## List of Opposition Leaders

Below is a list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, from 1870 to the present.
| Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party |
| | William Alexander Macdonald MLA for Brandon City (1860–1946) | 1892–1893 | Conservative |
| | John Andrew Davidson MLA for Beautiful Plains (1852–1903) | 1893–1894 | Conservative |
| | James Fisher MLA for Russell (1840–1927) | 1894–1896 | Independent |
| | Rodmond Roblin MLA for Woodlands (1853–1937) | 1896–1900 | Conservative |
| | Thomas Greenway MLA for Mountain (1838–1908) | 1900–1904 | Liberal |
| | Charles Mickle MLA for Birtle (1849–1919) | 1904–1906 | Liberal |
| | Charles Mickle MLA for Birtle (1849–1919) | 1908–1909 | Liberal |
| | Tobias Norris MLA for Lansdowne (1861–1936) | 1910–1915 | Liberal |
| | Albert Prefontaine MLA for Carillon (1861–1935) | 1915–1920 | Conservative |
| Unknown 1920–1922 |||||
| | Tobias Norris MLA for Lansdowne (1861–1936) | 1922–1927 | Liberal |
| | Fawcett Taylor MLA for Portage la Prairie (1878–1940) | 1927–1933 | Conservative |
| | William Sanford Evans MLA for Winnipeg (1869–1949) | 1933–1936 | Conservative |
| | Errick Willis MLA for Deloraine (1896–1967) | 1936–1940 | Conservative |
| | Lewis Stubbs MLA for Winnipeg (1878–1958) | 1940–1941 | Independent |
| | Huntly Ketchen MLA for Winnipeg (1872–1959) | 1941–1943 | Anti-Coalition Conservative |
| | Seymour Farmer MLA for Winnipeg (1878–1951) | 1943–1947 | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| | Edwin Hansford MLA for St. Boniface (1895–1959) | 1948–1950 | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| | Errick Willis MLA for Deloraine (1896–1967) | 1950–1954 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Dufferin Roblin MLA for Winnipeg South (1917–2010) | 1954–1958 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Douglas Lloyd Campbell MLA for Lakeside (1895–1995) | 1958–1961 | Liberal |
| | Gildas Molgat MLA for Ste. Rose (1895–1995) | 1961–1969 | Liberal |
| | Walter Weir MLA for Minnedosa (1929–1985) | 1969–1971 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Sidney Spivak MLA for River Heights (1928–2002) | 1971–1975 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Donald Craik MLA for Riel (1931–1985) | 1975–1976 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Sterling Lyon MLA for Souris-Killarney (1927–2010) | 1976–1977 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Edward Schreyer MLA for Rossmere (born 1935) | 1977–1979 | New Democratic |
| | Howard Pawley MLA for Selkirk (1934–2015) | 1979–1981 | New Democratic |
| | Sterling Lyon MLA for Charleswood (1927–2010) | 1981–1983 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Gary Filmon MLA for Tuxedo (born 1942) | 1983–1988 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Sharon Carstairs MLA for River Heights (born 1942) | 1988–1990 | Liberal |
| | Gary Doer MLA for Concordia (born 1948) | 1990–1999 | New Democratic |
| | Gary Filmon MLA for Tuxedo (born 1942) | 1999–2000 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Bonnie Mitchelson MLA for River East (born 1947) | 2000 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Stuart Murray MLA for Kirkfield Park (born 1954) | 2000–2006 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Hugh McFadyen MLA for Fort Whyte (born 1967) | 2006–2012 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Brian Pallister MLA for Fort Whyte (born 1954) | 2012–2016 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Flor Marcelino MLA for Logan (born 1951 or 1952) | 2016–2017 | New Democratic |
| | Wab Kinew MLA for Fort Rouge (born 1981) | 2017–2023 | New Democratic |
| | Heather Stefanson MLA for Tuxedo (born 1970) | 2023–2024 | Progressive Conservative |
| | Wayne Ewasko MLA for Lac du Bonnet | 2024–present | Progressive Conservative |