Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia)
The leader of the Opposition in British Columbia is the MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who leads the political party recognized as the Official Opposition. This position generally goes to the leader of the largest party in the Legislative Assembly that is not in government.
| # | Leader | Party | Took Office | Left Office 1. | James Alexander MacDonald | Liberal | 1903 | 1909 2. | Harlan Carey Brewster | Liberal | 1911 | 1912 – | Harlan Carey Brewster | Liberal | 1916 | 1916 3. | William John Bowser | Conservative | 1916 | 1924 – | Robert Henry Pooley unofficial | Conservative | 1924 | 1928 4. | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Liberal | 1929 | 1933 5. | Robert Connell | CCF | 1933 | 1936 ... | Robert Connell | Social Reconstructive | 1936 | 1937 6. | Frank Porter Patterson | Conservative | 1937 | 1938 7. | Royal Lethington Maitland | Conservative | 1938 | 1941 8. | Harold Winch | CCF | 1941 | 1952 9. | Herbert Anscomb | Progressive Conservative | 1952 | 1952 – | Harold Winch | CCF | 1952 | 1953 10. | Arnold Webster | CCF | 1953 | 1956 11. | Robert Strachan | CCF | 1956 | 1961 – | Robert Strachan | NDP | 1961 | 1969 12. | Thomas Berger | NDP | 1969 | 1969 13. | Dave Barrett | NDP | 1969 | 1972 14. | W.A.C. Bennett | Social Credit | 1972 | 1973 15. | William R. Bennett | Social Credit | 1973 | 1975 16. | William Stewart King | NDP | 1975 | 1976 – | Dave Barrett | NDP | 1976 | 1984 17. | Robert Skelly | NDP | 1984 | 1987 18. | Michael Harcourt | NDP | 1987 | 1991 19. | Gordon Wilson | Liberal | 1991 | 1993 20. | Fred Gingell | Liberal | 1993 | 1994 21. | Gordon Campbell | Liberal | 1994 | 2001 22. | Joy MacPhail | NDP | 2001 | 2005 23. | Carole James | NDP | 2005 | 2011 24. | Dawn Black | NDP | 2011 | 2011 25. | Adrian Dix | NDP | 2011 | 2014 26. | John Horgan | NDP | 2014 | 2017 27. | Christy Clark | Liberal | 2017 | 2017 28. | Rich Coleman | Liberal | 2017 | 2018 29. | Andrew Wilkinson | Liberal | 2018 | present |