Leader of the Opposition (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Leader of the Official Opposition
Incumbent
Tony Wakeham
Term lengthWhile leader of the largest party not in government
Inaugural holderJohn Gilbert Higgins
FormationApril 1, 1949

The leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in Newfoundland and Labrador is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. This list is incomplete

No. Portrait Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party
1 John Gilbert Higgins
MHA for St. John's East
(1891–1963)
1949–1951 Progressive Conservative
2 Peter John Cashin
MHA for Ferryland
(1890–1977)
1951–1953 Progressive Conservative
3 Malcolm Mercer Hollett
MHA for St. John's West
(1891–1985)
1953–1959 Progressive Conservative
4 James Greene
MHA for St. John's East
(1928–2014)
1960–1966 Progressive Conservative
5 Noel Murphy
MHA for Humber East
(1915–2005)
1966 Progressive Conservative
6 Gerry Ottenheimer
MHA for St. John's East
(1934–1998)
1967–1969 Progressive Conservative
7 Anthony Joseph Murphy
MHA for St. John's East
(1913–1996)
1969–1971 Progressive Conservative
8 Frank Moores
MHA for Humber West
(1933–2005)
1971–1972 Progressive Conservative
9 Joey Smallwood
MHA for Placentia East
(1900–1991)
1972 Liberal
10 Edward Roberts
MHA for White Bay North
(1940–2022)
1972–1977 Liberal
11 Steve Neary
MHA for LaPoile
(1925–1996)
1977 Liberal
12 Bill Rowe
MHA for Twillingate
(born 1942)
1977–1979 Liberal
13 Don Jamieson
MHA for Bellevue
(1921–1986)
1979–1980 Liberal
14 Len Stirling
MHA for Bonavista North
1980–1982 Liberal
(11) Steve Neary
MHA for LaPoile
(1925–1996)
1982–1984 Liberal
15 Leo Barry
MHA for Mount Scio
(born 1943)
1984–1987 Liberal
Roger Simmons
MHA for Fortune-Hermitage
(born 1939)
(Interim)
1987 Liberal
16 Clyde Wells
MHA for Windsor-Buchans
(born 1937)
1987–1989 Liberal
17 Tom Rideout
MHA for Baie Verte-Springdale
(born 1948)
1989–1991 Progressive Conservative
18 Len Simms
MHA for Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
(born 1943)
1991–1995 Progressive Conservative
19 Lynn Verge
MHA for Humber East
(born 1951)
1995–1996 Progressive Conservative
Loyola Sullivan
MHA for Ferryland
(born 1949)
(Interim)
1996–1998 Progressive Conservative
20 Ed Byrne
MHA for Kilbride
(born 1963)
1998–2001 Progressive Conservative
21 Danny Williams
MHA for Humber West
(born 1949)
2001–2003 Progressive Conservative
22 Roger Grimes
MHA for Exploits
(born 1950)
2003–2005 Liberal
Gerry Reid
MHA for The Isles of Notre Dame
(born 1954)
(Interim)
2005–2007 Liberal
Yvonne Jones
MHA for Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
(born 1968)
(Interim)
2007–2010 Liberal
Kelvin Parsons
MHA for Burgeo and La Poile
(Interim)
2010–2011 Liberal
23 Yvonne Jones
MHA for Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
(born 1968)
(Interim)
2011–2012 Liberal
Dwight Ball
MHA for Humber Valley
(born 1957)
(Interim)
2012–2013 Liberal
Eddie Joyce
MHA for Bay of Islands
(Interim)
2013 Liberal
24 Dwight Ball
MHA for Humber Valley
(born 1957)
2013–2015 Liberal
25 Paul Davis
MHA for Topsail-Paradise
(born 1961)
2015–2018 Progressive Conservative
David Brazil
MHA for Conception Bay East - Bell Island
(born 1963)
(Interim)
2018 Progressive Conservative
26 Ches Crosbie
MHA for Windsor Lake
(born 1953)
2018–2021 Progressive Conservative
David Brazil
MHA for Conception Bay East - Bell Island
(born 1963)
(Interim)
2021–2023 Progressive Conservative
27 Tony Wakeham
MLA for Stephenville-Port au Port
2023–present Progressive Conservative

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