List of leaders of the opposition of Quebec


This is a list of the leaders of the opposition party of Quebec, Canada since Confederation.
Note that the leader of the opposition is not always the leader of the political party with the second-largest number of seats, in cases where the leader of that party does not have a seat.
There was no leader of the official opposition until March 1869, when the government's second budget was introduced.
NameElectoral district
Took officeLeft officeParty
Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
18691878Liberal
Joseph-Adolphe ChapleauTerrebonne
18781879Conservative
Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLotbinière
18791883Liberal
Honoré MercierSaint-Hyacinthe
18831887Liberal
Louis-Olivier TaillonMontcalm
18871890Conservative
Jean BlanchetBeauce
18901891Conservative
Félix-Gabriel MarchandSaint-Jean
18921897Liberal
Edmund James FlynnGaspé
until 1900
Nicolet
after 1900		18971904Conservative
Pierre-Évariste LeblancLaval
19051908Conservative
Joseph-Mathias TellierJoliette
19081915Conservative
Philémon CousineauJacques-Cartier
19151916Conservative
Arthur SauvéDeux-Montagnes
19161929Conservative
Camillien HoudeMontréal-Sainte-Marie
19291931Conservative
Charles Ernest GaultMontréal-Saint-Georges
19311932Conservative
Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
19321936Conservative
Télesphore-Damien BouchardSaint-Hyacinthe
19361939Liberal
Maurice DuplessisTrois-Rivières
19391944Union Nationale
Adélard GodboutL'Islet
19441948Liberal
George Carlyle MarlerWestmount-Saint-Georges
19481953Liberal
Georges-Émile LapalmeMontréal-Outremont
19531960Liberal
Yves PrévostMontmorency
19601961Union Nationale
Antonio TalbotChicoutimi
19611961Union Nationale
Daniel Johnson, Sr.Bagot
19611966Union Nationale
Jean LesageLouis-Hébert
19661970Liberal
Robert BourassaMercier
19701970Liberal
Jean-Jacques BertrandMissisquoi
19701971Union Nationale
Gabriel LoubierBellechasse
19711973Union Nationale
Jacques-Yvan MorinSauvé
19731976Parti Québécois
Gérard D. LevesqueBonaventure
19761979Liberal
Claude RyanArgenteuil
19791982Liberal
Gérard D. LevesqueBonaventure
19821985Liberal
Robert BourassaBertrand
19851985Liberal
Pierre-Marc JohnsonAnjou
19851987Parti Québécois
Guy ChevretteJoliette
19871989Parti Québécois
Jacques ParizeauL'Assomption
19891994Parti Québécois
Daniel Johnson, Jr.Vaudreuil
19941998Liberal
Monique Gagnon-TremblaySaint-François
19981998Liberal
Jean CharestSherbrooke
19982003Liberal
Bernard LandryVerchères
20032005Parti Québécois
Louise HarelHochelaga-Maisonneuve
20052006Parti Québécois
André BoisclairPointe-aux-Trembles
20062007Parti Québécois
Mario DumontRivière-du-Loup
20072008Action démocratique du Québec
Pauline MaroisCharlevoix
20082012Parti Québécois
Jean-Marc FournierSaint-Laurent
20122013Liberal
Philippe CouillardOutremont
20132014Liberal
Stéphane BédardChicoutimi
20142015Parti Québécois
Pierre Karl PéladeauSaint-Jérôme
20152016Parti Québécois
Sylvain GaudreaultJonquière
20162016Parti Québécois
Jean-François LiséeRosemont
20162018Parti Québécois
Pierre ArcandMont-Royal–Outremont
20182020Liberal
Dominique AngladeSaint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
20202022Liberal
Marc TanguayLaFontaine
20222025Liberal
Marwah RizqySaint-Laurent
20252025Liberal
André FortinPontiac
20252025Liberal
Marc TanguayLaFontaine
2025Liberal