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Leader and Official
The government proposed an interview phase again in 2008, but a general election and minority parliament intervened with delays such that the Prime Minister recommended Justice Cromwell after consulting the Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition.
Although recognized by the BC legislature's speaker, former Social Credit cabinet minister-turned BC Liberal Claude Richmond, as Leader of the Official Opposition, MacPhail's caucus was not granted party status by Campbell on the grounds that the legislature's rules stipulated a party must hold four seats.
John Gilbert " Jack " Layton, ( July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011 ) was a Canadian social democratic politician and Leader of the Official Opposition.
* Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Former Minister of Trade, Former Official Leader of Opposition. Accused and has a case at the ICC in 2011 following the investigation of the killing of more than 1000 people in 2007 political violence.
* Kenneth Matiba, Former MP, Leader of Official Opposition, youngest Permanent Secretary to serve in Kenya, Chairman Alliance Hotels and Hillcrest Schools
** Leader of the Official Opposition ( Quebec )
He became the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party ( NDP ) and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the following year.
It is possible for the question to be asked by a designee of the Leader of the Opposition, yet this Member of Parliament must be a member of the Official Opposition.
He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997 to June 1, 1997.
The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet comprises members of the largest party not in government ( currently the New Democratic Party ) appointed by the Leader of the Opposition, and is regarded as a " government in waiting ".
On September 9, 2005, the main passenger terminal was renamed in honour of Robert Stanfield, the former Premier of Nova Scotia and federal Leader of the Official Opposition, with a plaque placed on the public observation floor.
* Jack Layton, Former Leader of the Official Opposition, Former leader of the NDP
The title of " Official Opposition " usually goes to the largest of the parties sitting in opposition with its leader being given the title " Leader of the Opposition ".
The winner is escorted to the Speaker's chair by the Prime Minister and Leader of the Official Opposition.
The year saw the nation's Governor General, Georges Vanier, die in office ; and two prominent federal leaders, Official Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker, and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announced their resignations.
The Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (), or simply the Leader of the Opposition () is the leader of Canada's Official Opposition, the party with the most seats in the House of Commons that is not a member of the government.
After being sworn in as the MP for Calgary Centre North on July 16, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper named Prentice to the Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Indian and Northern Affairs.
He later served in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Defence Secretary, Shadow Constitutional Affairs Spokesman and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, until joining the new government following the 2010 General Election.
She was a harsh critic of the new BC Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell, often fueled by the Premier's refusal to grant MacPhail the status of Leader of the Official Opposition on the basis of her party's tiny representation, despite the fact that she led the only other party in the legislature.
While on the Opposition benches in 1997-2005, Kenney served in a number of prominent roles in the Shadow Cabinet, including Deputy House Leader for the Official Opposition, critic for Canada-United States relations, critic for National Revenue, and critic for Finance.
Callbeck was premier at the same time as the other three most important public offices in the province were also held by women: Elizabeth II was Sovereign, Marion Reid was the Lieutenant Governor, and Patricia Mella was the Leader of the Official Opposition.
Outside of the government, the Official Opposition Chief Whip in the Commons, like the Leader of the Opposition, receives a stipend in addition to their parliamentary salary, because their additional responsibilities will make them unable to hold down another job.
He was defeated in the 1964 Saskatchewan general election and served the next six-years as the Leader of the Official Opposition.
The charges stemmed from Ontario's Official Opposition Leader Jolliffe, during the election campaign.

Leader and Opposition
After his government's defeat, Mackenzie remained Leader of the Opposition for another two years, until 1880.
Harold Wilson, then the Leader of the Opposition in the Commons, reiterated his belief that a united Ireland was the only possible solution to Northern Ireland's Troubles.
During this period, financial problems again almost forced Attlee to quit politics, as his wife was ill and there was then no separate salary for the Leader of the Opposition.
On 4 August 2005, Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry called for more Indo-Fijians, who presently comprise less than one percent of the Military personnel, to be recruited.
Downer met government ministers and officials, Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry, and Military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
The Governor General appoints the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
The then Leader of the Opposition, Robert Menzies, called McKell's appointment " shocking and humiliating ".
Following his resignation as Prime Minister, Major briefly became Leader of the Opposition, and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( as Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Foreign Secretary prior to the election, had lost his seat ), and remained in this post until the election of William Hague as leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997.
* 1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and stateswoman, Leader of the Opposition ( d. 1967 )
After a short period as Leader of the Opposition and now more than 75 years old, St-Laurent's motivation to be involved in politics was gone.
Most of the work is executed by the Executive Branch which consists of the Cabinet of Ministers, Leader of the Opposition and also other members of the parliament.
He was deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980, and later became the Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983.
He was replying to queries from Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang on the next course of action to be taken by Malaysia and Asean with the Burmese military junta.
He probably served as Opposition Leader longer than anyone in the history of modern democratic politics.
The Leader of the Opposition is David Shearer, who replaced Phil Goff as leader of the Labour Party.
After that loss, Fadden became deputy Leader of the Opposition under Menzies, a role that continued after Menzies folded the UAP into the Liberal Party of Australia in 1944.
He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, making him the longest-serving Leader of the Opposition in British political history to date, and the longest never to have become Prime Minister.
The Governor General appoints the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
Despite Labor holding a majority in the House of Representatives, Kerr appointed the Leader of the Opposition, Liberal leader Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister, conditional on the passage of the Whitlam government's Supply bills through the Senate and the calling of an election for both houses of parliament.
Seated in the front, directly across from the ministers on the Treasury Bench, the leaders of the opposition form a " Shadow Government ", complete with a salaried " Shadow Prime Minister ", the Leader of the Opposition, ready to assume office if the government falls or loses the next election.

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