Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)

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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.

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Please note this list is incomplete.

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Andrew G. Blair	Liberal	1879	1883
	Daniel L. Hanington	Conservative	1883	1892
	Alfred Augustus Stockton	Conservative	1892	1899
	John Douglas Hazen	Conservative	1899	1908
	Clifford W. Robinson	Liberal	1908	1912
	Arthur Bliss Copp	Liberal	1912	1912
	Louis-Auguste Dugal	Liberal	1912	1917
	James Alexander Murray	Conservative	1917	1920
	John B. M. Baxter	Conservative	1920	1921
	Charles D. Richards	Conservative	1921	1925
	Peter Veniot	Liberal	1925	1926
	Allison Dysart	Liberal	1926	1935
	Frederick C. Squires	Conservative	1935	1939
	Hugh H. Mackay	Progressive Conservative	1940	1948
	Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative	1949	1952
	Austin Claude Taylor	Liberal	1952	1957
	Joseph E. Connolly	Liberal	1957	1958
	Louis Robichaud	Liberal	1958	1960
	Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative	1960	1960
	Cyril Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	1960	1966
	Charles Van Horne	Progressive Conservative	1967	1967
	Richard Hatfield	Progressive Conservative	1967	1970
	Louis Robichaud	Liberal	1970	1971
	Robert Higgins	Liberal	1971	1978
	Joseph Daigle	Liberal	1978	1981
	Doug Young	Liberal	1982	1983
	Ray Frenette	Liberal	1983	1985
	Shirley Dysart	Liberal	1985	1985
	Frank McKenna	Liberal	1985	1987
	Camille Thériault*	Liberal	1987	1991
	Danny Cameron	Confederation of Regions	1991	1995
	Ab Rector	Confederation of Regions	1995	1995
	Greg Hargrove	Confederation of Regions	1995	1995
	Bernard Valcourt	Progressive Conservative	1995	1997
	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	1997	1998
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	1998	1999
	Camille Theriault	Liberal	1999	2001
	Bernard Richard	Liberal	2001	2002
	Shawn Graham	Liberal	2002	2006
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	2006	2007
	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	2007	2008
	David Alward	Progressive Conservative	2008	present

* Theriault served as the un-official leader of the opposition following the Liberals sweep of all 58 seats in the 1987 election