page_title: Stornoway (residence)
section_title: List of residents
hierarchical_section_title: Stornoway (residence) / History / List of residents
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context_page_description: Stornoway is the name of the official residence of the Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada, and has been used as such since 1950. It is provided in recognition of the opposition leader's position. Located at 541 Acacia Avenue in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Stornoway has assessed value $4,225,000 and is maintained with $70,000 a year in government funds. The property has been owned and managed by the National Capital Commission since April 1986. The lot size, with a frontage of 228 feet and depth of 225 feet, is slightly irregular.
  The property is 5.1 km from Ottawa's Parliament Buildings, whereas the Prime Minister's official residence is only 3.0 km away from Parliament. It is located in an area which contains many ambassadorial residences.
context_section_description: Completed in 1914, the building had three occupants prior to its acquisition by the Government of Canada. Ascanio Joseph Major, a local grocer, was the original occupant of Stornoway, residing there from 1914 to 1923. In 1923, the Perley-Robertson family acquired the home. From 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War, the Dutch Royal Family leased the home from the Perley-Robertson family. 
  In 1950, the building was acquired by a private trust, and later transferred to the Government of Canada. Since 1950, Stornoway has been used as the official residence of the leader of the official opposition in the House of Commons of Canada. Official opposition leaders (including interim leaders) who resided in Stornoway include:
  George A. Drew 1950–56
  John Diefenbaker 1957
  Vacant, as Louis St. Laurent declined to use the house, due to his intending to step down as Liberal leader following his government's defeat 1957–58
  Lester B. Pearson 1958–63
  John Diefenbaker 1963–67
  Robert Stanfield 1968–76
  Joe Clark 1976–1979
  Pierre Trudeau 1979–80
  Joe Clark 1980–83
  Brian Mulroney 1983–84
  John Turner 1984–90
  Jean Chrétien 1990–93
  Vacant, as the leaders of the Bloc Quebecois refused to use the house 1993–97
  Preston Manning 1997–2000
  Stockwell Day 2000–01
  John Reynolds 2001–02
  Stephen Harper 2002–06
  Bill Graham 2006
  Stéphane Dion 2006–08
  Michael Ignatieff 2008–11
  Jack Layton 2011 (used only once)
  Nycole Turmel 2011–12 (occasionally)
  Thomas Mulcair 2012–15
  Rona Ambrose 2015–17
  Andrew Scheer 2017–20
  Erin O’Toole 2020-present
caption: Andrew Scheer (right foreground) with his family in Stornoway's kitchen, September 2019. He has resided in Stornoway from 2017 to present as the Leader of the Official Opposition.
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