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Home | Historical Information on the Australian Parliament | Leaders of the Opposition

Leaders of the Opposition

Name Party Period of service
Reid, the Rt Hon. George Houstoun, KC FT May 1901 – 18.8.1904
Watson, the Hon. John Christian ALP 18.8.1904 – 5.7.1905
Reid, the Rt Hon. George Houstoun, KC FT; ANTI-SOC from 1906 7.7.1905 – 16.11.1908
Cook, the Hon. Joseph ANTI-SOC 17.11.1908 – 26.5.1909
Deakin, the Hon. Alfred FUSION 26.5.1909 – 2.6.1909
Fisher, the Hon. Andrew ALP 2.6.1909 – 29.4.1910
Deakin, the Hon. Alfred LIB 1.7.1910 – 20.1.1913
Cook, the Hon. Joseph LIB 20.1.1913 – 24.6.1913
Fisher, the Rt Hon. Andrew ALP 8.7.1913 – 17.9.1914
Cook, the Rt Hon. Joseph LIB 8.10.1914 – 17.2.1917
Tudor, the Hon. Frank Gwynne ALP 17.2.1917 – 10.1.1922
Charlton, Matthew ALP 16.5.1922 – 29.3.1928
Scullin, James Henry ALP 26.4.1928 – 22.10.1929
Latham, the Hon. John Greig, CMG, KC NAT 20.11.1929 – 7.5.1931
Lyons, the Hon. Joseph Aloysius UAP 7.5.1931 – 6.1.1932
Scullin, the Rt Hon. James Henry ALP 7.1.1932 – 1.10.1935
Curtin, John ALP 1.10.1935 – 7.10.1941
Fadden, the Rt Hon. Arthur William CP 8.10.1941 – 23.9.1943
Menzies, the Rt Hon. Robert Gordon, KC UAP; LIB from 1944 23.9.1943 – 19.12.1949
Chifley, the Rt Hon. Joseph Benedict ALP 21.2.1950 – 13.6.1951
Evatt, the Rt Hon. Herbert Vere, QC ALP 20.6.1951 – 9.2.1960
Calwell, the Hon. Arthur Augustus ALP 7.3.1960 – 8.2.1967
Whitlam, Edward Gough, QC ALP 8.2.1967 – 5.12.1972
Snedden, the Rt Hon. Billy Mackie, QC LIB 20.12.1972 – 21.3.1975
Fraser, the Hon. John Malcolm LIB 21.3.1975 – 11.11.1975
Whitlam, the Hon. Edward Gough, QC ALP 27.1.1976 – 22.12.1977
Hayden, the Hon. William George ALP 22.12.1977 – 3.2.1983
Hawke, Robert James Lee, AC ALP 3.2.1983 – 11.3.1983
Peacock, the Hon. Andrew Sharp LIB 11.3.1983 – 5.9.1985
Howard, the Hon. John Winston LIB 5.9.1985 – 9.5.1989
Peacock, the Hon. Andrew Sharp LIB 9.5.1989 – 3.4.1990
Hewson, John Robert LIB 3.4.1990 – 23.5.1994
Downer, Alexander John Gosse LIB 23.5.1994 – 30.1.1995
Howard, the Hon. John Winston LIB 30.1.1995 – 11.3.1996
Beazley, the Hon. Kim Christian ALP 19.3.1996 – 22.11.2001
Crean, the Hon. Simon Findlay ALP 22.11.2001– 2.12.2003
Latham, Mark William ALP 2.12.2003 - 18.01.2005
Beazley, the Hon. Kim Christian ALP 28.01.2005 - 4.12.2006
Rudd, Kevin Michael ALP 4.12.2006 – 3.12.2007
Nelson, the Hon. Brendan John LIB 3.12.2007 -

 

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