Leader of the Opposition (Georgeland)
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| Inaugural holder | Alexander McGough |
| Formation | 29 Sep 1891 |
| Deputy | Franklin Jones |
In Georgeland politics, the Leader of the Opposition is the official, statutory title of the politician who leads the largest party in the House of Commons outside the government. The position is based on constitutional convention, but since the 1930s has had an official status including a salary and additional staff.
The Leader of the Opposition is chosen by members of their party, according to internal party processes. For most of the office's existence, leaders were elected by the party's parliamentarians, but in more recent years party rank-and-file members have also been involved. Since October 2022 the Leader of the Opposition has been Mary-Jane Epstein of Vox. The Leader of the Opposition is assisted by a deputy leader, currently Franklin Jones.
On rare occasions a member of the Senate has been elected leader of the opposition party. In this event, the practice has been to appoint a member of the lower house to act as Leader until the party leader can enter the House of Commons. The person so nominated is considered the interim leader of the opposition until the official leader is able to assume the post.
List of Leaders of the Opposition
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Born-Died) |
Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Alexander McGough | 1 Jul 1891 | 14 May 1897 | Protectionist | Robert Pearce |
| 2 |  |
Nicholas Turner | 14 May 1897 | 16 Aug 1903 | Protectionist | |
| 3 |  |
Norman Calloway | 25 Aug 1903 | 11 Mar 1912 | Conservative | Nicholas Turner
Eric Donaldson |
| 4 |  |
Gregory Green | 11 Mar 1912 | 11 Mar 1915 | Conservative | Eric Donaldson |
| 5 |  |
Eric Donaldson | 11 Mar 1915 | 17 May 1920 | Labour | Gregory Green
David Turner |
| 6 |  |
Oscar Lyne | 17 May 1920 | 3 Jan 1924 | Labour | David Turner
Frederick Eccles |
| 7 |  |
Frederick Eccles | 3 Jan 1924 | 18 Apr 1928 | Conservative | Oscar Lyne |
| 8 | |
Oscar Lyne | 18 Apr 1928 | 18 Aug 1933 | Labour | Frederick Eccles
James Gray |
| 9 |  |
Jack Heath | 18 Aug 1933 | 12 Jun 1937 | Labour | James Gray
Bertram Powell |
| 10 |  |
Fenton Thomas | 12 Jun 1937 | 17 Jun 1938 | Labour | Bertram Powell |
| 11 |  |
Bertram Powell | 17 Jun 1938 | 25 Aug 1938 | Conservative | Fenton Thomas |
| 12 |  |
Harold Knight | 25 Aug 1938 | 19 Mar 1944 | Conservative | Fenton Thomas |
| 13 |  |
Henry Baker | 19 Mar 1944 | 1 Sep 1948 | Conservative | Fenton Thomas
Nathan Keegan |
| - | |
Jack Grady | 1 Sep 1948 | 14 Sep 1948 | Conservative | Nathan Keegan |
| 14 |  |
Bradford Smith | 14 Sep 1948 | 19 Jun 1950 | Conservative | Nathan Keegan |
| 15 |  |
Nathan Keegan | 19 Jun 1950 | 7 May 1954 | Labour | Bradford Smith
Stanley Baynes |
| 16 |  |
Stanley Baynes | 7 May 1954 | 7 Jul 1958 | Conservative | Nathan Keegan |
| 17 |  |
Nathan Keegan | 7 Jul 1958 | 18 Feb 1960 | Labour | Stanley Baynes |
| 18 |  |
Peter Stephens | 18 Feb 1960 | 12 Feb 1967 | Labour | Stanley Baynes
Thomas Hunter Zachary Tamworth |
| 19 |  |
Victor Howard | 12 Feb 1967 | 9 Sep 1970 | Labour | Zachary Tamworth
Thomas Richardson |
| 20 |  |
Thomas Richardson | 9 Sep 1970 | 23 Dec 1970 | Conservative | Victor Howard |
| 21 |  |
Robert Fisch | 23 Dec 1970 | 4 Nov 1979 | Conservative | Victor Howard
Bradley Van Goen Noel Quarton |
| 22 |  |
Noel Quarton | 4 Nov 1979 | 18 Dec 1983 | Labour | Robert Fisch |
| - | |
Frank Kearney | 18 Dec 1983 | 18 Feb 1984 | Conservative | Noel Quarton |
| 23 |  |
Eric Edge | 18 Feb 1984 | 16 May 1987 | Conservative | Noel Quarton |
| 24 |  |
David O'Reilley | 16 May 1987 | 9 Apr 1992 | Conservative | Noel Quarton |
| - | |
Eric Edge | 9 Apr 1992 | 17 Feb 1995 | Conservative | Noel Quarton |
| 25 |  |
Noel Quarton | 17 Feb 1995 | 13 Jun 1995 | Labour | Eric Edge |
| 26 |  |
Charlton Robards | 13 Jun 1995 | 20 Oct 1995 | Labour | Eric Edge |
| - |  |
Eric Edge | 20 Oct 1995 | 31 Oct 1995 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| 27 |  |
Shawn Hedges | 20 Oct 1995 | 16 Apr 1997 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| 28 |  |
Michael Fisch | 16 Apr 1997 | 15 May 1999 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| Position vacant during 1999 constitutional crisis and election | ||||||
| 29 | |
Michael Fisch | 9 Jun 1999 | 2 Aug 1999 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| 30 |  |
Benedict Ingram | 2 Aug 1999 | 23 Jul 2001 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| 31 |  |
Mary Byrne | 23 Jul 2001 | 16 Oct 2002 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| - | |
Michael Fisch | 16 Oct 2002 | 1 Oct 2003 | Conservative | Charlton Robards |
| 32 |  |
Sam Richardson | 1 Oct 2003 | 16 Apr 2006 | Conservative | Charlton Robards
Zoë Parker |
| - |  |
Luke Macaulay | 16 Apr 2006 | 6 May 2006 | Conservative | Zoë Parker |
| 33 | |
Luke Macaulay | 6 May 2006 | 6 Jul 2007 | Conservative | Zoë Parker |
|
Michael Boyle | 6 Jul 2007 | 9 Jul 2007 | Liberal Democrat | Luke Macaulay | |
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Lawrence Porter | 9 Jul 2007 | 28 Aug 2007 | Liberal Democrat | Luke Macaulay | |
| 34 | |
Robin Sales | 28 Aug 2007 | 2 Oct 2009 | Liberal Democrat | Luke Macaulay |
| 35 | |
Lawrence Porter | 2 Oct 2009 | 13 Aug 2010 | Liberal Democrat | Luke Macaulay |
| 36 |  |
James Bradford | 13 Aug 2010 | 6 Dec 2011 | Conservative | Lawrence Porter |
| 37 |  |
Matthieu Solberg | 6 Dec 2011 | 8 Aug 2013 | Conservative | Lawrence Porter |
| 38 |  |
Lisa Chan | 8 Aug 2013 | 28 Jan 2015 | Conservative | Lawrence Porter |
| 39 |  |
Madeline Woods | 28 Jan 2015 | 21 May 2018 | Conservative | Lawrence Porter
Deborah Robards |
| 40 |  |
Michael Armstrong | 21 May 2018 | 21 Jun 2019 | Conservative | Deborah Robards
Clare Price |
| - |  |
Janet Gauss | 4 Jul 2019 | 11 Feb 2020 | Vox | Tom Elderton |
| 41 | |
Janet Gauss | 11 Feb 2020 | 12 Aug 2022 | Vox | Tom Elderton |
| 42 | |
Damian Gauss | 12 Aug 2022 | 6 Oct 2022 | Vox | Tom Elderton |
| 43 |  |
Mary-Jane Epstein | 6 Oct 2022 | Incumbent | Vox | Tom Elderton |