List of Nova Scotia Opposition Leaders

This is a list of Leaders of the Opposition party in the Nova Scotia Legislature, both as a colony and a Province of Canada. Since 1928, when its upper house, the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia was abolished, the province has had a unicameral parliamentary government. From Confederation , however, Nova Scotia has exclusively followed the modern Westminster convention whereby the leader of the opposition is the leader of the party that controls the second most seats in the House of Assembly.

Leaders of the Opposition of the colony of Nova Scotia (1848-1867)

Picture Name Party Term
     James W. Johnston Conservative 1848-1857
     William Young Liberal 1857-1860
     James W. Johnston Conservative 1860-1864
     A.G. Archibald Liberal 1864-1867

Leaders of the Opposition of the Province of Nova Scotia, since Confederation (1867)

Picture Name Party Term
     Hiram Blanchard Liberal Conservative 1867-1874
     Simon H. Holmes Conservative 1875-1878
     N/A Liberal 1879-1882
     Adam C. Bell Liberal Conservative 1883-1886
     William McKay Liberal Conservative 1887-1890
     C.H. Cahan Liberal Conservative 1891-1894
     William McKay Liberal Conservative 1895-1897
     Charles S. Wilcox Liberal Conservative 1898-1901
     Charles E. Tanner Liberal Conservative 1902-1908
     Charles S. Wilcox Liberal Conservative 1909
     John M. Baillie Liberal Conservative 1910-1911
     Charles E. Tanner Liberal Conservative 1912-1916
     W.L. Hall Liberal Conservative 1917-1920
  Daniel G. McKenzie United Farmers/Labour 1921-1925
     William Chisholm Liberal 1926-1930
     Alexander S. MacMillan Liberal 1931-1933
     Gordon S. Harrington Conservative 1934-1937
     Percy C. Black Conservative 1938-1939
     Fred M. Blois Conservative 1940
     Leonard W. Fraser Conservative 1941
     Fred M. Blois Conservative 1942-1945
     Russell Cunningham CCF 1946-1949
     Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative 1950-1956
     Henry D. Hicks Liberal 1957-1960
     Earl W. Urquhart Liberal 1961-1963
     Peter M. Nicholson Liberal 1964-1967
     Gerald A. Regan Liberal 1968-1970
     George I. Smith Progressive Conservative 1970-1971
     John Buchanan Progressive Conservative 1971-1978
     Gerald A. Regan Liberal 1978-1979
     Benoit Comeau Liberal 1980
     A.M. (Sandy) Cameron Liberal 1980-1984
     Vincent MacLean Liberal 1985
     Bill Gillis Liberal 1985-1986
     Vincent MacLean Liberal 1986-1992
     Bill Gillis Liberal 1992-1993
     Terrence Donahoe Progressive Conservative 1993-1995
     John Hamm Progressive Conservative 1995-1998
     Robert Chisholm New Democratic Party 1998-1999
     Robert Chisholm (NDP), Russel MacLellan (Liberal), Wayne Gaudet (Liberal) Duties shared between Liberals and NDP 1999-2001
     John MacDonell New Democratic Party 2001
     Darrell Dexter New Democratic Party 2001-2009
     Stephen McNeil Liberal 2009-2013
     Jamie Baillie Progressive Conservative 2013–present
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