Lists of Official Oppositions
| Official Opposition Commons |
Official Opposition Senate |
Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1867–1874 | ||
| Conservative Party1 | Conservative Party1 | 1874–1878 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1878–1896 | ||
| Conservative Party | Conservative Party | 1896–1911 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1911–1921 | ||
| Conservative Party2 | Conservative Party | 1921–1926 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1926 | ||
| Conservative Party | Conservative Party | 1926–1930 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1930–1935 | ||
| Conservative Party3 | Conservative Party | 1935–1945 | ||
| Progressive Conservative Party3 | Progressive Conservative Party3 | 1945–1957 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1957–1963 | ||
| Progressive Conservative Party | Progressive Conservative Party | 1963–1979 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1979–1980 | ||
| Progressive Conservative Party | Progressive Conservative Party | 1980–1984 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 1984–1993 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Progressive Conservative Party | 1993–1997 | ||
| Reform Party | 1997–2000 | |||
| Canadian Alliance4 | 2000–2004 | |||
| Conservative Party5 | Conservative Party5 | 2004–2006 | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberal Party | 2006–2011 | ||
| New Democratic Party | 2011–present |
- Notes
- 1 The Liberal-Conservative Party became the Conservative Party in 1873, however some members still sat and were elected as Liberal-Conservatives after the change.
- 2 From 1921 to 1924, the Progressive Party of Canada had more MPs than the Conservative Party, but it turned down the chance of being Official Opposition, and the position passed to the Tories.
- 3 The Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party in 1945.
- 4 The Reform Party became the Canadian Alliance in 2000.
- 5 The Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party merged to form the Conservative Party in 2004.
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