Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba)


A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, upCanada, from 1870 to the present.
William Alexander Macdonald was the first officially recognized Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba although Rodmond Roblin is considered to have been the de facto opposition leader from 1890 until he lost his seat in the 1892 provincial election.
Note: This list is incomplete; there are gaps between some leaders.


NamePartyTook OfficeLeft Office
William Alexander MacdonaldConservative18921893
John Andrew DavidsonConservative18931894
James FisherIndependent18941896
.		Rodmond RoblinConservative18961900
Thomas GreenwayLiberal19001904
Charles MickleLiberal19041906
Charles MickleLiberal19081909
Tobias NorrisLiberal19101915
Albert PrefontaineConservative19151920
UnknownConservative19201922
Tobias NorrisLiberal19221927
Fawcett TaylorConservative19271933
William Sanford EvansConservative19331936
Errick WillisConservative19361940
Lewis StubbsIndependent19401941
Huntly KetchenAnti-Coalition Conservative19411943
Seymour FarmerCCF19431947
Edwin HansfordCCF19481950
Errick WillisProgressive Conservative19501954
Dufferin RoblinProgressive Conservative19541958
Douglas Lloyd CampbellLiberal19581961
Gildas MolgatLiberal19611969
Walter WeirProgressive Conservative19691971
Sidney SpivakProgressive Conservative19711975
Donald CraikProgressive Conservative19751976
Sterling LyonProgressive Conservative19761977
Edward SchreyerNDP19771979
Howard PawleyNDP19791981
Sterling LyonProgressive Conservative19811983
Gary FilmonProgressive Conservative19831988
Sharon CarstairsLiberal19881990
Gary DoerNDP19901999
Gary FilmonProgressive Conservative19992000
Bonnie MitchelsonProgressive Conservative20002000
Stuart MurrayProgressive Conservative20002006
Hugh McFadyenProgressive Conservative20062012
Brian PallisterProgressive Conservative20122016
Flor MarcelinoNDP20162017
Wab KinewNDP2017Present