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The Leader of the Opposition is a title held by the leader of the second-largest party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales. There is also a Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council. He or she acts as the public face of the opposition, leading the opposition on the floor of parliament. They act as a chief critic of the government and ultimately attempt to portray the opposition as a feasible alternate government. They are also given certain additional rights under parliamentary standing orders, such as extended time limits for speeches.

The position is currently held by Michael Daley since 10 November 2018, following the resignation of Luke Foley on 8 November 2018. Adam Searle serves as leader in the Legislative Council.

List of Leaders of the Opposition in New South Wales since 1901

Leaders of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly

Political parties

  Australian Labor Party
  Liberal Party of Australia
  Nationalist Party of Australia
  United Australia Party
  Liberal Reform Party
  Democratic Party

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Tenure
	1	Charles Lee		23 March 1901	18 September 1902	1 year, 179 days
	2	Joseph Carruthers		18 September 1902	30 August 1904	1 year, 347 days
	3	James McGowen		20 September 1904	21 October 1910	6 years, 31 days
	4	Charles Wade		21 October 1910	15 November 1916	6 years, 25 days
	5	Ernest Durack		22 November 1916	19 February 1917	89 days
	6	John Storey		22 February 1917	13 April 1920	3 years, 51 days
	7	George Fuller		14 April 1920	13 April 1922	1 year, 364 days
	8	James Dooley		20 April 1922	9 March 1923	323 days
	9	Greg McGirr		9 March 1923	16 April 1923	38 days
	10	Bill Dunn		16 April 1923	31 July 1923	106 days
	11	Jack Lang		31 July 1923	17 June 1925	1 year, 321 days
	(7)	George Fuller		23 June 1925	24 September 1925	93 days
	12	Thomas Bavin		24 September 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 24 days
	(11)	Jack Lang		18 October 1927	4 November 1930	3 years, 17 days
	(12)	Thomas Bavin		24 September 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 24 days
	13	Bertram Stevens		5 April 1932	13 May 1932	38 days
	(11)	Jack Lang		22 June 1932	5 September 1939	7 years, 75 days
	14	William McKell		5 September 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 253 days
	15	Alexander Mair		19 May 1941	10 February 1944	2 years, 267 days
	16	Reginald Weaver		10 February 1944	12 November 1945	1 year, 275 days
	(15)	Alexander Mair		13 November 1945	20 March 1946	127 days
	17	Vernon Treatt		20 March 1946	10 August 1954	8 years, 143 days
	18	Murray Robson		17 August 1954	20 September 1955	1 year, 34 days
	19	Pat Morton		20 September 1955	17 July 1959	3 years, 300 days
	20	Robert Askin		17 July 1959	13 May 1965	5 years, 300 days
	21	Jack Renshaw		3 years, 70 days	23 July 1968	3 years, 70 days
	22	Pat Hills		30 July 1968	3 December 1973	5 years, 126 days
	23	Neville Wran		3 December 1973	14 May 1976	2 years, 163 days
	24	Eric Willis		15 May 1976	16 December 1977	1 year, 215 days
	25	Peter Coleman		16 December 1977	7 October 1978	295 days
	26	John Mason		24 October 1978	29 May 1981	2 years, 217 days
	27	Bruce McDonald		1 June 1981	12 October 1981	133 days
	28	John Dowd		27 October 1981	15 March 1983	1 year, 139 days
	29	Nick Greiner		15 March 1983	25 March 1988	5 years, 10 days
	30	Bob Carr		6 April 1988	4 April 1995	6 years, 363 days
	31	Peter Collins		4 April 1995	7 December 1998	3 years, 247 days
	32	Kerry Chikarovski		7 December 1998	28 March 2002	3 years, 111 days
	33	John Brogden		28 March 2002	1 September 2005	3 years, 157 days
	34	Peter Debnam		1 September 2005	4 April 2007	1 year, 215 days
	35	Barry O'Farrell		4 April 2007	28 March 2011	3 years, 358 days
	36	John Robertson		31 March 2011	23 December 2014	3 years, 267 days
	37	Luke Foley		5 January 2015	8 November 2018	3 years, 336 days
	38	Michael Daley		10 November 2018	Incumbent	121 days

Leaders of the Opposition in the Legislative Council

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Tenure
	1	Sir Henry Manning[1]		16 May 1941 (1941-05-16)	22 April 1958 (1958-04-22)	16 years, 341 days
	2	Hector Clayton		12 April 1960 (1960-04-12)	30 October 1962 (1962-10-30)	2 years, 201 days
	3	Arthur Bridges		30 October 1962 (1962-10-30)	13 May 1965 (1965-05-13)	2 years, 195 days
	4	Reg Downing		13 May 1965 (1965-05-13)	4 February 1972 (1972-02-04)	6 years, 267 days
	5	Neville Wran		22 February 1972 (1972-02-22)	19 October 1973 (1973-10-19)	1 year, 239 days
	6	Leroy Serisier		3 December 1973 (1973-12-03)	13 May 1976 (1976-05-13)	2 years, 162 days
	7	Sir John Fuller		14 May 1976 (1976-05-14)	1 August 1978 (1978-08-01)	2 years, 79 days
	8	Max Willis		1 August 1978 (1978-08-01)	20 October 1981 (1981-10-20)	3 years, 80 days
	9	Lloyd Lange		20 October 1981 (1981-10-20)	3 April 1984 (1984-04-03)	2 years, 166 days
	10	Ted Pickering		3 April 1984 (1984-04-03)	24 March 1988 (1988-03-24)	3 years, 356 days
	11	Jack Hallam		6 April 1988 (1988-04-06)	2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)	3 years, 26 days
	12	Michael Egan		2 July 1991 (1991-07-02)	4 April 1995 (1995-04-04)	3 years, 276 days
	13	John Hannaford		11 April 1995 (1995-04-11)	31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)	3 years, 354 days
	14	Mike Gallacher		31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)	4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)	11 years, 338 days
	15	Tony Kelly		8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)	6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)	59 days
	16	Luke Foley		14 June 2011 (2011-06-14)	8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)	3 years, 298 days
	17	Adam Searle		8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)	incumbent	3 years, 337 days

References

See also

• Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party


• Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales


• Opposition (Australia)