Official Opposition

His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition, or the Official Opposition, is the parliamentary party led by the Leader of the Opposition. This is usually the political party with the second-largest number of seats in the House of Assembly, as the largest party will usually form His Majesty's Government. Since March 2012, the Official Opposition has been the National Party.

List of Official Oppositions

Parliament	Formation	Party		Opposition Leader
22nd	1907		Conservative Party		Cyril Percy
23rd	1910		Liberal Party		Henry Chaytor
24th	1911		Conservative Party		Robert Stratton
25th; 26th	1914		Liberal Party		Henry Chaytor
	1915		Anti-War Liberal		Leonard Rollins
26th	1920		Liberal Party		Joseph Williams
27th; 28th	1920		Conservative Party		Robert Stratton
28th; 29th	1923				Arthur Cooke
29th	1928				Richard Brabazon
30th	1929		Country Party		Donald Burleigh
31st; 32nd; 33rd	1932		Labour Party		Gordon Roper
33rd; 34th; 35th	1939				Peter Sims
36th	1946		National Party		Peter Wright
37th	1948				Robert Kettering
38th; 39th; 40th	1952		Liberal Party		Jonathon Braddock
40th	1959		Democratic Party
41st; 42nd; 43rd	1961		National Party		Anthony Hendon
43rd; 44th	1966				John Collier
44th; 45th	1971				Jacob Meyer
46th; 47th	1975		Democratic Party		Antonia Davidson
48th	1981		National Party		Philip Corbett
49th; 50th	1984		Democratic Party		Antonia Davidson
	1986		National Party		Jenny Petersen
	1987				John Tudor
51st; 52nd	1992		Democratic Party		Bill Howlett
53rd	2000		National Party		Jim Goodwin
54th; 55th	2004		Democratic Party		Matthew Jones
56th; 57th	2012		National Party		Kristine Dawkins

See also

• Leader of the Opposition
  • List of Leaders of the Opposition
• Shadow Cabinet of New Ingrea