Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory) explained

The Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory, is an official role usually occupied by the leader of the second largest party or coalition in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. The title is conferred under Standing Order 5A of the ACT Legislative Assembly, that the Leader of the Opposition shall be the leader of the largest non-Government party, with the consent of that member. In the event of an equal number of members of the second largest party, the Assembly shall vote and elect a Leader of the Opposition.

List of Opposition Leaders of the Australian Capital Territory

No.	Portrait	Name	Election	Party	Term		Duration	Chief Minister
1		Trevor Kaine^[1]	1989	Liberal	11 May 1989	5 December 1989	days		Rosemary Follett 1989
2		Rosemary Follett^[2]	—	Labor	5 December 1989	6 June 1991			Trevor Kaine 1989—1991
(1)		Trevor Kaine^[3]	—	Liberal	6 June 1991	21 June 1991	days		Rosemary Follett 1991—1995
	3		Craig Duby^[4]	—	Independents Group	21 June 1991		6.5 hours^[5]
4		Gary Humphries^[6]	—	Liberal	21 June 1991	22 July 1991	days
(1)		Trevor Kaine^[7]	1992	Liberal	22 July 1991	21 April 1993
5		Kate Carnell^[8]	1995	Liberal	21 April 1993	9 March 1995
2		Rosemary Follett^[9]	—	Labor	9 March 1995	5 March 1996	days		Kate Carnell 1995—2000
6		Andrew Whitecross^[10]	—	Labor	5 March 1996	19 August 1997
7		Wayne Berry^[11]	1998	Labor	19 August 1997	20 February 1998	days
8		Jon Stanhope^[12]	—	Labor	19 March 1998	19 October 2001
2001								Gary Humphries 2000—2001
(4)		Gary Humphries^[13]	—	Liberal	12 November 2001	25 November 2002			Jon Stanhope 2001—2011
9		Brendan Smyth^[14]	2004	Liberal	25 November 2002	16 May 2006
10		Bill Stefaniak^[15]	—	Liberal	16 May 2006	13 December 2007
11		Zed Seselja^[16]	2008	Liberal	13 December 2007	11 January 2013
2012								Katy Gallagher 2011—2014
12		Jeremy Hanson^[17]	—	Liberal	11 February 2013	25 October 2016
2016								Andrew Barr 2014—
13		Alistair Coe	2020	Liberal	25 October 2016	27 October 2020
14		Elizabeth Lee	—	Liberal	27 October 2020	Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 11 . 11 May 1989 . 15 August 2010.
2. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2238 . 6 June 1991 . 15 August 2010.
3. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2255 . 21 June 1991 . 15 August 2010.
4. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2374 . 21 June 1991 . 15 August 2010.
5. Web site: Duby out, Humphries in? Chaos over vote . The Canberra Times . 1 . 22 June 1991 . 13 October 2013.
6. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2343 . 21 June 1991 . 15 August 2010.
7. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2379 . 6 August 1991 . 15 August 2010.
8. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 1184 . 11 May 1993 . 15 August 2010.
9. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 7 . 9 March 1995 . 15 August 2010.
10. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 602 . 26 March 1996 . 15 August 2010.
11. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 2365 . 26 August 1997 . 15 August 2010.
12. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 9 . 19 March 1998 . 15 August 2010.
13. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 8 . 12 November 2001 . 15 August 2010.
14. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 4060 . 10 December 2002 . 15 August 2010.
15. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 1721 . 6 June 2006 . 15 August 2010.
16. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 1 . 12 February 2008 . 15 August 2010.
17. Australian Capital Territory . Legislative Assembly . Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 345 . 12 February 2013 . 13 October 2013.