Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Georgeland)

In the Georgeland Senate, the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the party or bloc forming the main opposition to the government. The Leader of the Opposition normally represents their party's overall leader, arranges Senate business with his or her government counterpart, and speaks on behalf of his or her party on major issues. The Leader of the Opposition is almost always a senior member of the Shadow Cabinet and is assisted by a deputy leader.

The title is held by the leader of the party currently forming the official opposition. However, that party may in fact hold more senators than the government. This has been the case on several occasions in history.

The position is either appointed or elected, depending on the party. The Conservative Party of Georgeland and Liberal Democratic Party elect their Senate leadership, with all senators voting. The Liberal Democrats, however, had their Senate leaders appointed by the overall leader of the party from 2010 until 2019, when the practice of electing them was re-established.

In 2019, a new situation developed in which the newly-formed Vox coalition won enough seats to become the Opposition in the House of Commons, but won only four Senate seats. The new Senate will not take office until January 2020 or sit until February, meaning the official opposition had no senators at all. The President of the Senate, Scott Burke, was thus forced to make a ruling on who would be recognised as the opposition. In the first meeting of the senate since the election, on 16 July 2019, Burke (a Liberal Democrat) chose to follow the Canadian precedent and recognised the Liberal Democrats as the Opposition in the Senate, but stated this would last only until the new Senate took office on January 1.

Due to Burke's ruling, the incumbent Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is Victoria Englehart, elected as the leader of LDP Senators. When the new Senate takes office, the Vox parties will choose one of their senators to act as Leader of the Opposition, although they may not use that title.