Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia)

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The Leader of the Opposition (French: Chef de l'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 status generally goes to the leader of the second largest party in the Legislative Assembly.

#	Leader	Party	Took office	Left office
1.	James Alexander MacDonald	Liberal	1903	1912
2.	Harlan Carey Brewster	Liberal	1912	1916
3.	Robert Patterson	Conservative	1916	1928
4.	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Liberal	1928	1933
5.	Robert Connell	CCF	1933	1936
6.	Royal Maitland	Conservative	1937	1941
7.	Harold Winch	CCF	1941	1953
8.	Robert Strachan	CCF	1953	1969
9.	Thomas Berger	NDP	1969	1969
10.	David Barrett	NDP	1969	1972
11.	W.A.C. Bennett	Social Credit	1972	1973
12.	William R. Bennett	Social Credit	1973	1975
-.	David Barrett	NDP	1975	1984
13.	Robert Skelly	NDP	1984	1987
14.	Michael Harcourt	NDP	1987	1991
15.	Gordon Wilson	Liberal	1991	1993
16.	Gordon Campbell	Liberal	1993	2001
17.	Joy MacPhail	NDP	2001	2005
18.	Carole James	NDP	2005

Note: Joy MacPhail was the unofficial Leader of the Opposition as the Speaker refused to recognize the NDP as the Official Opposition as they lacked the number of seats required for official party status.

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