# Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)

The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government.
The leader of the Opposition is often seen as the alternative Premier to the present incumbent, and heads a rival alternative government known as the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench.

## List of opposition leaders

A cohesive and consistent official opposition first formed when A. G. Blair formed the Liberal party in the early 1880s. Previously oppositions occasionally organized over major issues such as anti-prohibitionists led by John Hamilton Gray in the mid-1850s, and pro-Confederationists under Charles Fisher in 1865-1866.
| Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party |
| Andrew George Blair MLA for York (1844–1907) | 1879–1883 | Liberal |
| Daniel Lionel Hanington MLA for Westmorland (1835–1909) | 1883–1892 | Conservative |
| Alfred Augustus Stockton MLA for Saint John (1842–1907) | 1892–1899 | Conservative |
| Douglas Hazen MLA for Sunbury (1853–1937) | 1899–1908 | Conservative |
| Clifford William Robinson MLA for Westmorland (1866–1944) | 1908–1912 | Liberal |
| Arthur Bliss Copp MLA for Westmorland (1870–1949) | 1912 | Liberal |
| Louis-Auguste Dugal MLA for Madawaska (1869–1926) | 1912–1917 | Liberal |
| James Alexander Murray MLA for Kings (1864–1960) | 1917–1920 | Conservative |
| John Babington Macaulay Baxter MLA for Saint John County (1868–1946) | 1920–1921 | Conservative |
| Charles Dow Richards MLA for York (1879–1956) | 1921–1925 | Conservative |
| Peter Veniot MLA for Gloucester (1863–1936) | 1925–1926 | Liberal |
| Allison Dysart MLA for Kent (1880–1962) | 1926–1935 | Liberal |
| Frederick C. Squires MLA for Carleton County (1881–1960) | 1935–1939 | Conservative |
| Hugh Mackay MLA for Kings County (1887–1957) | 1940–1948 | Progressive Conservative |
| Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982) | 1949–1952 | Progressive Conservative |
| Austin Claude Taylor MLA for Westmorland (1893–1965) | 1952–1957 | Liberal |
| Joseph E. Connolly MLA for Gloucester (1887–1973) | 1957–1958 | Liberal |
| Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005) | 1958–1960 | Liberal |
| Hugh John Flemming MLA for Carleton (1899–1982) | 1960 | Progressive Conservative |
| Cyril Sherwood MLA for Kings (1915–1996) | 1960–1966 | Progressive Conservative |
| Charles Van Horne MLA for Restigouche (1921–2003) | 1967 | Progressive Conservative |
| Richard Hatfield MLA for Carleton (1931–1991) | 1967–1970 | Progressive Conservative |
| Louis Robichaud MLA for Kent (1925–2005) | 1970–1971 | Liberal |
| Robert J. Higgins MLA for Saint John Centre (born 1934) | 1971–1978 | Liberal |
| Joseph Daigle MLA for Kent North (born 1934) | 1978–1981 | Liberal |
| Doug Young MLA for Tracadie (born 1940) | 1982–1983 | Liberal |
| Ray Frenette MLA for Moncton East (1935–2018) | 1983–1985 | Liberal |
| Shirley Dysart MLA for Saint John Park (1928–2016) | 1985 | Liberal |
| Frank McKenna MLA for Chatham (born 1948) | 1985–1987 | Liberal |
| Camille Thériault MLA for Kent South (born 1955) | 1987–1991 | Liberal |
| Danny Cameron MLA for York South (1924–2009) | 1991–1995 | Confederation of Regions |
| Ab Rector MLA for Oromocto (1934–2005) | 1995 | Confederation of Regions |
| Greg Hargrove MLA for York North (born 1959) | 1995 | Confederation of Regions |
| Bernard Valcourt MLA for Edmundston (born 1952) | 1995–1997 | Progressive Conservative |
| Elvy Robichaud MLA for Tracadie-Sheila (born 1951) | 1997–1998 | Progressive Conservative |
| Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965) | 1998–1999 | Progressive Conservative |
| Camille Thériault MLA for Kent South (born 1955) | 1999–2001 | Liberal |
| Bernard Richard MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1951) | 2001–2002 | Liberal |
| Shawn Graham MLA for Kent (born 1968) | 2002–2006 | Liberal |
| Bernard Lord MLA for Moncton East (born 1965) | 2006–2007 | Progressive Conservative |
| Jeannot Volpé MLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs (born 1950) | 2007–2008 | Progressive Conservative |
| David Alward MLA for Woodstock (born 1959) | 2008–2010 | Progressive Conservative |
| Victor Boudreau MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé (born 1970) | 2010–2013 | Liberal |
| Brian Gallant MLA for Kent (born 1982) | 2013–2014 | Liberal |
| Bruce Fitch MLA for Riverview | 2014–2016 | Progressive Conservative |
| Blaine Higgs MLA for Quispamsis (born 1954) | 2016–2018 | Progressive Conservative |
| Brian Gallant MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe (born 1982) | 2018–2019 | Liberal |
| Denis Landry MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1957) | 2019–2020 | Liberal |
| Roger Melanson MLA for Dieppe | 2020–2022 | Liberal |
| Rob McKee MLA for Moncton Centre (born 1985) | 2022–2023 | Liberal |
| Susan Holt MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (born 1977) | 2023–2024 | Liberal |
| Glen Savoie MLA for Saint John East | 2024–present | Progressive Conservative |