List of Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada

The following is a list of Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada.

Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Luc Letellier de St-Just Liberal July 1, 1867 November 5, 1873
     Alexander Campbell Conservative November 7, 1873 October 8, 1878
     Sir Richard William Scott Liberal October 8, 1878 April 27, 1896
     Sir Mackenzie Bowell Conservative April 27, 1896 March 1, 1906
     Sir James Alexander Lougheed Conservative April 1, 1906 October 6, 1911
     Sir Richard John Cartwright Liberal October 6, 1911 September 24, 1912
     Sir George William Ross Liberal September 24, 1912 March 7, 1914
     Hewitt Bostock Liberal March 19, 1914 January 1, 1919
     Raoul Dandurand Liberal January 1, 1919 December 31, 1919
     Hewitt Bostock (2nd time) Liberal January 1, 1920 December 28, 1921
     Sir James Alexander Lougheed (2nd time) Conservative December 28, 1921 November 2, 1925
     William Benjamin Ross Conservative January 1, 1926 June 28, 1926
     Raoul Dandurand (2nd time) Liberal June 29, 1926 December 31, 1926
     William Benjamin Ross (2nd time) Conservative December 31, 1926 January 10, 1929
     Wellington Bartley Willoughby Conservative January 11, 1929 August 7, 1930
     Raoul Dandurand (3rd time) Liberal August 7, 1930 October 22, 1935
     Arthur Meighen Conservative October 22, 1935 January 16, 1942
     Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne Conservative January 16, 1942 December 10, 1942
     Progressive Conservative December 11, 1942 September 11, 1945
     John Thomas Haig Progressive Conservative September 12, 1945 June 20, 1957
     William Ross Macdonald Liberal June 20, 1957 April 21, 1963
     Alfred Johnson Brooks Progressive Conservative April 22, 1963 October 31, 1967
     Jacques Flynn Progressive Conservative October 31, 1967 June 3, 1979
     Raymond Joseph Perrault Liberal June 3, 1979 March 2, 1980
     Jacques Flynn (2nd time) Progressive Conservative March 3, 1980 September 16, 1984
     Allan MacEachen Liberal September 16, 1984 November 30, 1991
     Royce Herbert Frith Liberal November 30, 1991 October 25, 1993
     John Lynch-Staunton Progressive Conservative October 25, 1993 February 1, 2004
  Conservative February 2, 2004 September 30, 2004
  Noël A. Kinsella Conservative October 1, 2004 February 7, 2006
     Dan Hays Liberal February 8, 2006 January 18, 2007
     Céline Hervieux-Payette Liberal January 18, 2007 November 3, 2008
  Jim Cowan Liberal November 3, 2008 January 29, 2014
  Liberal Senate caucus January 29, 2014 November 5, 2015
  Claude Carignan Conservative November 5, 2015 Incumbent

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