Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia) explained

Post:	Leader of the Opposition
Body:	British Columbia
Incumbent:	Kevin Falcon
Incumbentsince:	May 16, 2022
Inaugural:	James Alexander MacDonald

The leader of the Opposition (French: chef de l'Opposition) in British Columbia is the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who leads the political party recognized as the Official Opposition. This position generally goes to the leader of the largest party in the Legislative Assembly that is not in government.

No.	Portrait	Name^[1]	Term of office	Party
1		James Alexander MacDonald	1903–1909		Liberal
2		John Oliver	1909–1910		Liberal
3		James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	1910		Socialist
4		Harlan Carey Brewster	1911–1912		Liberal
5		Parker Williams	1913–1915		Socialist
(4)		Harlan Carey Brewster	1916		Liberal
6		William John Bowser	1917–1923		Conservative
7		Robert Henry Pooley	1924–1928		Conservative
8		Duff Pattullo	1929–1933		Liberal
9		Robert Connell	1933–1937		Co-operative Commonwealth
					Social Reconstructive
10		Frank Porter Patterson	1937–1938		Conservative
11		Royal Maitland	1938–1940		Conservative
12		Harold Winch	1941–1951		Co-operative Commonwealth
13		Herbert Anscomb	1952		Progressive Conservative
(12)		Harold Winch	1953		Co-operative Commonwealth
14		Arnold Webster	1953–1956		Co-operative Commonwealth
15		Robert Strachan	1957–1969		Co-operative Commonwealth
					New Democratic
16		Thomas R. Berger	1969–1970		New Democratic
17		Dave Barrett	1970–1972		New Democratic
18		W. A. C. Bennett	1972–1973		Social Credit
19		Frank Richter Jr.	1973		Social Credit
20		Bill Bennett	1974–1975		Social Credit
21		William King	1976		New Democratic
(17)		Dave Barrett	1976–1984		New Democratic
22		Bob Skelly	1984–1987		New Democratic
23		Mike Harcourt	1987–1991		New Democratic
24		Gordon Wilson	1991–1993		Liberal
25		Fred Gingell	1993–1994		Liberal
26		Gordon Campbell	1994–2001		Liberal
27		Joy MacPhail	2001–2005		New Democratic
28		Carole James	2005–2011		New Democratic
29		Dawn Black	2011		New Democratic
30		Adrian Dix	2011–2014		New Democratic
31		John Horgan	2014–2017		New Democratic
32		Christy Clark	2017		Liberal
33		Rich Coleman	2017–2018		Liberal
34		Andrew Wilkinson	2018–2020		Liberal
35		Shirley Bond	2020–2022		Liberal
36		Kevin Falcon	2022–present		Liberal
					BC United

Notes and References

1. Web site: 21 December 2018 . Leaders of the Official Opposition of British Columbia . 16 August 2020 . Legislative Library of British Columbia.