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Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba)

The Leader of the 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.

, the Leader of the Opposition of Manitoba has been Obby Khan, the head of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.

List of Opposition Leaders

Note

Note: This list is incomplete; there are gaps between some 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	MB	Conservative}}; "
[[File:John Andrew Davidson.png	100px]]	John Andrew Davidson
MLA for Beautiful Plains
(1852–1903)	1893–1894	MB	Conservative}}; "
[[File:James Fisher.png	100px]]	James Fisher
MLA for Russell
(1840–1927)	1894–1896	MB	Independent}}; "
[[File:Rodmond Palen Roblin.jpg	100px]]	Rodmond Roblin
MLA for Woodlands
(1853–1937)	1896–1900	MB	Conservative}}; "
[[File:Thomas Greenway.png	100px]]	Thomas Greenway
MLA for Mountain
(1838–1908)	1900–1904	MB	Liberal}}; "
	Charles Mickle
MLA for Birtle
(1849–1919)	1904–1906	MB	Liberal}}; "
1908–1909
[[File:Tobias Crawford Norris.jpg	100px]]	Tobias Norris
MLA for Lansdowne
(1861–1936)	1910–1915	MB	Liberal}}; "
	Albert Prefontaine
MLA for Carillon
(1861–1935)	1915–1920	MB	Conservative}}; "
Unknown
1920–1922
[[File:Tobias Crawford Norris.jpg	100px]]	Tobias Norris
MLA for Lansdowne
(1861–1936)	1922–1927	MB	Liberal}}; "
	Fawcett Taylor
MLA for Portage la Prairie
(1878–1940)	1927–1933	MB	Conservative}}; "
	William Sanford Evans
MLA for Winnipeg
(1869–1949)	1933–1936	MB	Conservative}}; "
	Errick Willis
MLA for Deloraine
(1896–1967)	1936–1940	MB	Conservative}}; "
	Lewis Stubbs
MLA for Winnipeg
(1878–1958)	1940–1941	MB	Independent}}; "
[[File:Huntly Ketchen - Project Gutenberg eText 18963 a.jpg	100px]]	Huntly Ketchen
MLA for Winnipeg
(1872–1959)	1941–1943	MB	Conservative}}; "
	Seymour Farmer
MLA for Winnipeg
(1878–1951)	1943–1947	MB	CCF}}; "
	Edwin Hansford
MLA for St. Boniface
(1895–1959)	1948–1950	MB	CCF}}; "
	Errick Willis
MLA for Deloraine
(1896–1967)	1950–1954	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Hon. Duff Roblin (F0563 fl0008 it0001) (cropped 3-4).jpg	100px]]	Dufferin Roblin
MLA for Winnipeg South
(1917–2010)	1954–1958	MB	PC}}; "
	Douglas Lloyd Campbell
MLA for Lakeside
(1895–1995)	1958–1961	MB	Liberal}}; "
[[File:Gildas Molgat.jpg	100px]]	Gildas Molgat
MLA for Ste. Rose
(1895–1995)	1961–1969	MB	Liberal}}; "
	Walter Weir
MLA for Minnedosa
(1929–1985)	1969–1971	MB	PC}}; "
	Sidney Spivak
MLA for River Heights
(1928–2002)	1971–1975	MB	PC}}; "
	Donald Craik
MLA for Riel
(1931–1985)	1975–1976	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Sterling Lyon (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sterling Lyon
MLA for Souris-Killarney
(1927–2010)	1976–1977	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Edward Richard Schreyer.jpg	100px]]	Edward Schreyer
MLA for Rossmere
(born 1935)	1977–1979	MB	NDP}}; "
	Howard Pawley
MLA for Selkirk
(1934–2015)	1979–1981	MB	NDP}}; "
[[File:Sterling Lyon (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sterling Lyon
MLA for Charleswood
(1927–2010)	1981–1983	MB	PC}}; "
	Gary Filmon
MLA for Tuxedo
(born 1942)	1983–1988	MB	PC}}; "
	Sharon Carstairs
MLA for River Heights
(born 1942)	1988–1990	MB	Liberal}}; "
[[File:Gary Doer portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Gary Doer
MLA for Concordia
(born 1948)	1990–1999	MB	NDP}}; "
	Gary Filmon
MLA for Tuxedo
(born 1942)	1999–2000	MB	PC}}; "
	Bonnie Mitchelson
MLA for River East
(born 1947)	2000	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Stuart Murray Portrait CMHR.jpeg	100px]]	Stuart Murray
MLA for Kirkfield Park
(born 1954)	2000–2006	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Hugh McFadyen.jpg	100px]]	Hugh McFadyen
MLA for Fort Whyte
(born 1967)	2006–2012	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Brian Pallister 2014.jpg	100px]]	Brian Pallister
MLA for Fort Whyte
(born 1954)	2012–2016	MB	PC}}; "
[[File:Flor marcelino 09.jpg	100px]]	Flor Marcelino
MLA for Logan
(born 1951 or 1952)	2016–2017	MB	NDP}}; "
[[File:Wab Kinew October 2023 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Wab Kinew
MLA for Fort Rouge
(born 1981)	2017–2023	MB	NDP}}; "
[[File:Premier Heather Stefanson at the Winnipeg Independence Day Celebration 2022 Cropped.png	100px]]	Heather Stefanson
MLA for Tuxedo
(born 1970)	2023–2024	MB	PC}}; "
	Wayne Ewasko
MLA for Lac du Bonnet
2024–2025	MB	PC}}; "
	Obby Khan
MLA for Fort Whyte
(born 1980)	2025–present	MB	PC}}; "

Notes

References

Sources

References

"Premiers of Canada and Leaders of Opposition".

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