Talk:Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)

Leader of the Official Opposition

I don't think Bordan and Laurier were knighted unti *after* they became PM.

Brown could not have been leader of the opposition since he was never in the federal house of commons being defeated in 1867 in his attempt to win a seat. According to parl.gc.ca he was never an MP.

ok newbie

The article on Alexander Mackenzie says there was no clear leader of the opposition when the Macdonald government fell so why is Mackenzie listed as leader of the opposition in 1873? Formeruser-83 11:18, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

As is the case with most positions in the Government, they are Members of Parliament or Senators by convention; however, there is no legal precedent that would bar a Leader of the Opposition from being unelected or unappointed in either of the Houses. FiveParadox 04:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I thought the title was Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. - Montrealais -Formally it is "The Leader of Her/His Majesty's Loyal Opposition", but infromally it is just "the leader of the Opposition", or "Opposition Leader" Keeperoftheseal 02:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

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Move to Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)

I have moved this page from Leader of the Opposition (Canada) to Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), for the reason that the lack of the word Official in the article's title implies a bipartisan political landscape, which is not the case in Canada. There are currently three different parties in opposition at present, all of which are part of "the opposition" but not part of the "Official Opposition".

I don't believe any references to this effect are required in the article. However, please see this Canadian Government page if you feel such references are warranted. --Todeswalzer|Talk 13:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Jack Layton

Wait a sec, doesn't Layton only become Opposition leader when the 41st Parliament begins? GoodDay (talk) 15:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

That's right. Parliament must be summoned and the MPs take their oaths to the Queen. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 16:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I made the bit in the lead a little more vague because it wasn't true. The 41st Parliament has already been summoned, so that can't the magic moment. The Oath doesn't seem quite right either since they don't even take it until they've elected a Speaker and have already begun exercising privileges of their offices. I'm not sure that there really is a hyper-technical beginning date, so we may not get a firm date. When Stephen Harper became Prime Minister in 2006, Bill Graham became Leader of the Official Opposition. The date was February 6, but the Return of Writs (the latest date the Commons Clerk would receive the returned writs) was February 13, and the first session convened in April. The closest parallel to the current situation was 1997, when the Liberals remained in government, but the Reform Party displaced the Bloc as the Official Opposition. According to Parliament's website, Preston Manning took over the office on election day. As such, I think we should be careful about casting Layton as not being the Official Opposition Leader, and keep an eye out for reliable sources calling him the Leader of the OO. -Rrius (talk) 09:06, 6 May 2011 (UTC)