Leader of the Georgeland Opposition

The Leader of the Opposition, formally Leader of the Official Opposition is the title of the leader of the largest party in the Georgeland parliament that does not form part of the government.

The Leader of the Opposition is not a constitutionally mandated office, and the person holding the job has no official duties. By convention, his or her job is to provide leadership for his party and present them as a 'credible alternative' to the government. The Opposition Leader is his or her their party's prime ministerial candidate during an election campaign and heads the Shadow Cabinet.

The office is presently vacant as the opposition coalition, Vox, does not have an official leadership structure. The Chair of the Vox leadership group, Janet Gauss , is allocated the allowance and staff of the Leader of the Opposition, but does not use the title.  The Opposition usually also has a Deputy Leader, who is a senior member of the shadow cabinet and acts as Leader when the Leader is absent. Currently this post is also vacant; Mary-Jane Epstein and Franklin Jones are co-vice-chairs of the Vox leadership group but are not recognised as official deputy leaders. 

List of Leaders of the Opposition

No.	Leader	Party	Born-Died	Term began	Term ended	Prime Minister	Elections
1	Alexander McGough	Protectionist	1832-1902	1 Jul 1891	14 May 1897	Robert Pearce	1891 1895
2	Nicholas Turner	Protectionist	1850-1932	14 May 1897	16 Aug 1903	Robert Pearce	1899 1903
3	Norman Calloway	Conservative	1852-1917	25 Aug 1903	11 Mar 1912	Nicholas Turner (1903-11) Eric Donaldson (1911-12)	1907 1911
4	Gregory Green	Conservative	1860-1938	11 Mar 1912	11 Mar 1915	Eric Donaldson	1915
5	Eric Donaldson	Labour	1861-1940	11 Mar 1915	17 May 1920	Gregory Green (1915-19) David Turner (1919-20)	1919
6	Oscar Lyne	Labour	1880-1957	17 May 1920	3 Jan 1924	David Turner (1920-21) Frederick Eccles (1921-24)	1923
7	Frederick Eccles	Conservative	1857-1932	3 Jan 1924	18 Apr 1928	Oscar Lyne	1928
-	Oscar Lyne	Labour	1880-1957	18 Apr 1928	18 Aug 1933	Frederick Eccles (1928-32) James Gray (1932-33)	1932
8	Jack Heath	Labour	1868-1938	18 Aug 1933	12 Jun 1937	James Gray (1933-37) Bertram Powell (1937)	1936
9	Fenton Thomas	Labour	1897-1985	12 Jun 1937	17 Jun 1938	Bertram Powell	1938
10	Harold Knight	Conservative	1887-1962	24 Jun 1938	19 Mar 1944	Fenton Thomas	1942
11	Henry Baker	Conservative	1876-1948	19 Mar 1944	1 Sep 1948	Fenton Thomas (1944-48) Nathan Keegan (1948)	1946
12	Bradford Smith	Conservative	1895-1960	14 Sep 1948	19 Jun 1950	Nathan Keegan	1950
13	Nathan Keegan	Labour	1898-1964	19 Jun 1950	1 Oct 1954	Bradford Smith (1950-53) Stanley Baynes (1953-54)	1954
14	Stanley Baynes	Conservative	1903-1974	1 Oct 1954	7 Jul 1958	Nathan Keegan	1958
15	Peter Stephens	Labour	1899-1976	18 Jul 1958	12 Feb 1967	Stanley Baynes (1958-65) Thomas Hunter (1965-66) Zachary Tamworth (1966-67)	1962 1966
16	Victor Howard	Labour	1918-1998	12 Feb 1967	9 Sep 1970	Zachary Tamworth (1967) Thomas Richardson (1967-70)	1970
17	Robert Fisch	Conservative	1929-1993	13 Sep 1970	4 Nov 1979	Victor Howard (1970-73) Bradley Van Goen (1973-78) Noel Quarton (1979)	1974 1977 1979
18	Noel Quarton	Labour	1936-1999	4 Nov 1979	19 Dec 1983	Robert Fisch	1983
19	Eric Edge	Conservative	1933-	20 Dec 1983	16 May 1987	Noel Quarton	1987
20	David O'Reilley	Conservative	1940-	16 May 1987	9 Apr 1992	Noel Quarton	1991
-	Eric Edge	Conservative	1933-	9 Apr 1992	17 Feb 1995	Noel Quarton	1995 (I)
-	Noel Quarton	Labour	1936-1999	17 Feb 1995	13 Jun 1995	Eric Edge	None
21	Charlton Robards	Labour	1963-	13 Jun 1995	20 Oct 1995	Eric Edge	1995 (II)
22	Shawn Hedges	Conservative	1941-	20 Oct 1995	16 Apr 1997	Charlton Robards	1997
23	Michael Fisch	Conservative	1954-	16 Apr 1997	15 May 1999	Charlton Robards	1999 (I)
Both Charlton Robards and Anthony McDonald, leaders of the United Islands Liberal Party and United Islands Labour Party respectively claimed they held the title of Leader of the Opposition during the second 1999 election. No conclusive answer was given until 2000, when the Georgeland Elections Office ruled that neither was Leader of the Opposition and that the position was vacant until being filled by Benedict Ingram.
-	Michael Fisch	Conservative	1954-	9 Jun 1999	2 Aug 1999	Charlton Robards	None
24	Benedict Ingram	Conservative	1940-	2 Aug 1999	23 Jul 2001	Charlton Robards (1999-00) Michael Elderton (2000-01) Charlton Robards (2001)	2001
25	Mary Byrne	Conservative	1949-2019	23 Jul 2001	16 Oct 2002	Charlton Robards	2002
-	Michael Fisch	Conservative	1954-	16 Oct 2002	1 Oct 2003	Charlton Robards	None
26	Sam Richardson	Conservative	1951-2006	1 Oct 2003	16 Apr 2006	Charlton Robards (2003-05) Zoe Parker (2005-06)	2005
27	Luke Macaulay	Conservative	1963-	6 May 2006	6 Jul 2007	Zoe Parker	2007
-	Michael Boyle	Liberal Democrat	1954-	6 Jul 2007	9 Jul 2007	Luke Macaulay	None
Boyle acted as LDP leader pending an election for the position.
-	Lawrence Porter	Liberal Democrat	1951-	9 Jul 2007	10 Aug 2007	Luke Macaulay	None
Porter was Leader of the Opposition by virtue of being the House of Commons leader of the party, but he was not the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party. That position, along with Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, belonged to Robin Sales.
28	Robin Sales	Liberal Democrat	1952-	10 Aug 2007	2 Oct 2009	Luke Macaulay	None
29	Lawrence Porter	Liberal Democrat	1951-	2 Oct 2009	13 Aug 2010	Luke Macaulay	2010
30	James Bradford	Conservative	1960-	13 Aug 2010	6 Dec 2011	Lawrence Porter	None
31	Matthieu Solberg	Conservative	1962-	6 Dec 2011	8 Aug 2013	Lawrence Porter	2013
32	Lisa Chan	Conservative	1964-	8 Aug 2013	28 Jan 2015	Lawrence Porter	None
33	Madeline Woods	Conservative	1977-	28 Jan 2015	21 May 2018	Lawrence Porter Deborah Robards	2016 2017
34	Michael Armstrong	Conservative	1954-	21 May 2018	21 Jun 2019	Deborah Robards Clare Price	2019
-	Janet Gauss	Ita / Vox	1962-	4 Jul 2019	Incumbent	Tom Elderton	None

List of Deputy Leaders of the Opposition

While some parties and oppositions had deputy leaders, formally or otherwise, it was not until 1967 that the position of Deputy Leader of the Opposition was recognised by the House of Commons. This list begins from that date. 

No.	Deputy	Party	Born-Died	Term began	Term ended	Leader
1	Bradley Van Goen	Labour	1929-1978	12 Feb 1967	9 Sep 1970	Victor Howard
2	George Prentice	Conservative	1922-2015	13 Sep 1970	23 Jan 1975	Robert Fisch
3	John Staples	Conservative	1930-	23 Jan 1975	9 Nov 1979	Robert Fisch
4	Geoffrey Bates	Labour	1934-2004	15 Nov 1979	19 Dec 1983	Noel Quarton
-	John Staples	Conservative	1930-	28 Dec 1983	1 Oct 1987	Eric Edge
5	Peter Briers	Conservative	1938-	1 Oct 1987	16 May 1990	Eric  Edge David O'Reilley
6	Shawn Hedges	Conservative	1941-	16 May 1990	17 Feb 1995	David O'Reilley Eric Edge
7	Jim King	Labour	1937-	25 Feb 1995	20 Oct 1995	Noel Quarton Charlton Robards
8	Matthew Tulley	Conservative	1942-	1 Nov 1995	16 Apr 1997	Shawn Hedges
9	David Shore	Conservative	1948-	16 Apr 1997 9 Jun 1999	15 May 1999 19 Mar 2000	Michael Fisch Benedict Ingram
10	Peter Cranbourne	Conservative	1951-	19 Mar 2000	23 Jul 2001	Benedict Ingram
11	Nick Sheridan	Conservative	1961-	23 Jul 2001	16 Oct 2002	Mary Byrne
12	Luke Macaulay	Conservative	1963-	16 Oct 2002	6 May 2006	Sam Richardson
13	Martin Higgins	Conservative	1949-	16 May 2006	6 Jul 2007	Luke Macaulay
14	Lawrence Porter	Liberal Democrat	1951-	10 Aug 2007	2 Oct 2009	Robin Sales
15	Robbie Jones	Liberal Democrat	1961-	2 Oct 2009	13 Aug 2010	Lawrence Porter
16	Mary Byrne	Conservative	1949-2018	13 Aug 2010	8 Aug 2013	James Bradford Matthieu Solberg
17	Michael Armstrong	Conservative	1954-	8 Aug 2013	21 May 2018	Lisa Chan Madeline Woods
18	Lisa Chan	Conservative	1964-	21 May 2018	23 Jun 2019	Michael Armstrong