Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)

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The leader of the opposition in Victoria is the leader of the largest political party in parliament that is not in government. They are always a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Prior to 1904, opposition to the government of the day was less organised. Thus, the Victorian Parliamentary Record does not designate leaders of the opposition before then. The leader 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 party in opposition as a feasible alternate government.

The office is currently held by Professor Frink after his election to the position of leader of the Liberal Party on 27 December 2024.

List of leaders of the opposition in Victoria

No. Name Portrait Party Constituency Term of office Tenure Elections Premier
rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style|  1 George Prendergast File:George Prendergast.jpg Labor North Melbourne 7 June 1904 17 September 1913 Template:Ayd 1904 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|  Bent
1904–1909
1907
1908
1911 Template:Australian party style|  Murray
1909–1912
– rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|  Watt
1912–1913
Template:Australian party style| 2 George Elmslie[1] File:25Georgeelmslie.jpg Labor Albert Park 17 September 1913 9 December 1913 Template:Ayd –
Template:Australian party style| 3 William Watt File:William Watt (cropped).jpg Commonwealth Liberal Essendon 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Elmslie
1913
rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| (2) George Elmslie[1] File:25Georgeelmslie.jpg Labor Albert Park 22 December 1913 11 May 1918 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style|  Watt
1913–1914
1914 Template:Australian party style|  Peacock
1914–1917
1917 Template:Australian party style|  Bowser
1917–1918
– rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style|  Lawson
1918–1924
rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| (1) George Prendergast[2] File:George Prendergast.jpg Labor North Melbourne 18 June 1918 18 July 1924 Template:Ayd 1920
1921
1924 Template:Australian party style|  Peacock
1924
Template:Australian party style| 4 Alexander Peacock File:20Alexanderpeacock.jpg Nationalist Allandale 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Prendergast
1924
Template:Australian party style| (1) George Prendergast File:George Prendergast.jpg Labor North Melbourne 18 November 1924 14 April 1926 Template:Ayd – rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Allan
1924–1927
Template:Australian party style| 5 Edmond Hogan[3] File:30Nedhogan.jpg Labor Warrenheip 14 April 1926 20 May 1927 Template:Ayd 1927
Template:Australian party style| 6 William McPherson File:Will McPherson.jpg Nationalist Hawthorn 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Hogan
1927–1928
Template:Australian party style| (5) Edmond Hogan File:30Nedhogan.jpg Labor Warrenheip and Grenville 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 Template:Ayd 1929 Template:Australian party style| McPherson
1928–1929
Template:Australian party style| (6) William McPherson File:Will McPherson.jpg Nationalist Hawthorn 12 December 1929 3 September 1930 Template:Ayd – rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Hogan
1929–1932
Template:Australian party style| 7 Stanley Argyle File:Agyle, Stanley (cropped).png Nationalist Toorak 3 September 1930 19 May 1932 Template:Ayd –
Template:Australian party style| United Australia 1932
Template:Australian party style| 8 Tom Tunnecliffe File:Tom Tunnecliffe.jpg Labor Collingwood 13 July 1932 2 April 1935 Template:Ayd 1935 Template:Australian party style| Argyle
1932–1935
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| (7) Stanley Argyle File:Agyle, Stanley (cropped).png United Australia Toorak 2 April 1935 23 November 1940 Template:Ayd 1937 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Dunstan
1935–1943
1940
Template:Australian party style| 9 Thomas Hollway File:TomHollway.jpg United Australia Ballarat 23 November 1940 14 September 1943 Template:Ayd 1943
Template:Australian party style| 10 Albert Dunstan File:Albert Dunstan (cropped).jpg United Country Korong and Eaglehawk 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Cain
1943
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 11 John Cain File:John Cain 1954.jpg Labor Northcote 18 September 1943 21 November 1945 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Dunstan
1943–1945
1945 Template:Australian party style| Macfarlan
1945
Template:Australian party style| 12 John McDonald File:Johnmcdonaldmp.jpg United Country Shepparton 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 Template:Ayd 1947 Template:Australian party style| Cain
1945–1947
Template:Australian party style| (11) John Cain File:John Cain 1954.jpg Labor Northcote 20 November 1947 7 December 1948 Template:Ayd – rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Hollway
1947–1950
Template:Australian party style| (12) John McDonald File:Johnmcdonaldmp.jpg Country Shepparton 7 December 1948 27 June 1950 Template:Ayd 1950
Template:Australian party style| (9) Thomas Hollway File:TomHollway.jpg Liberal and Country Ballarat 27 June 1950 5 December 1951 Template:Ayd – rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| McDonald
1950–1952
Template:Australian party style| 13 Les Norman File:Les Norman.jpg Liberal and Country Glen Iris 5 December 1951 23 July 1952 Template:Ayd –
rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| (11) John Cain File:John Cain 1954.jpg Labor Northcote 23 July 1952 17 December 1952 Template:Ayd –
– Template:Australian party style| Hollway
1952
1952 Template:Australian party style| McDonald
1952
Template:Australian party style| 14 Trevor Oldham File:Trevor Oldham.png Liberal and Country Malvern 17 December 1952 2 May 1953 Template:Ayd – rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Cain
1952–1955
Template:Australian party style| 15 Henry Bolte File:Henry Bolte.jpg Liberal and Country Hampden 3 June 1953 7 June 1955 Template:Ayd 1955
Template:Australian party style| (11) John Cain File:John Cain 1954.jpg Labor Northcote 8 June 1955 4 August 1957 Template:Ayd – rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| Bolte
1955–1972
Template:Australian party style| 16 Ernie Shepherd File:Ernie Shepherd.jpg Labor Ascot Vale
Footscray 		20 August 1957 12 September 1958[4] Template:Ayd 1958
rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| 17 Clive Stoneham File:Clive Stoneham.jpg Labor Midlands 7 October 1958 15 May 1967[5] Template:Ayd 1961
1964
1967
rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| 18 Clyde Holding File:Clyde Holding 1974 (cropped).jpg Labor Richmond 15 May 1967 29 June 1977 Template:Ayd 1970
1973 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Hamer
1972–1981
1976
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 19 Frank Wilkes File:Frank Wilkes 1974 (cropped).jpg Labor Northcote 29 June 1977 9 September 1981[5] Template:Ayd 1979
– rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Thompson
1981–1982
Template:Australian party style| 20 John Cain File:John Cain 2018.jpg Labor Bundoora 9 September 1981 8 April 1982 Template:Ayd 1982
Template:Australian party style| 21 Lindsay Thompson File:Lindsay Thompson with Japanese MP (cropped).jpg Liberal Malvern 8 April 1982 5 November 1982 Template:Ayd – rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| Cain
1982–1990
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 22 Jeff Kennett File:Jeff Kennett b.jpg Liberal Burwood 5 November 1982 23 May 1989 Template:Ayd 1985
1988
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 23 Alan Brown File:Liberal Placeholder.png Liberal Gippsland West 23 May 1989 23 April 1991 Template:Ayd –
– rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Kirner
1990–1992
Template:Australian party style| (22) Jeff Kennett File:Jeff Kennett b.jpg Liberal Burwood 23 April 1991 6 October 1992 Template:Ayd 1992
Template:Australian party style| 24 Joan Kirner File:Joan kirner.jpg Labor Williamstown 6 October 1992 22 March 1993 Template:Ayd – rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| Kennett
1992–1999
Template:Australian party style| 25 Jim Kennan File:Labor Placeholder.png Labor Broadmeadows 22 March 1993 29 June 1993 Template:Ayd –
Template:Australian party style| 26 John Brumby File:John Brumby.jpg Labor Broadmeadows 14 July 1993 22 March 1999 Template:Ayd 1996
Template:Australian party style| 27 Steve Bracks File:Steve Bracks at a Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, August 2006 b.jpg Labor Williamstown 22 March 1999 20 October 1999 Template:Ayd 1999
Template:Australian party style| (22) Jeff Kennett File:Jeff Kennett b.jpg Liberal Burwood 20 October 1999 26 October 1999 Template:Ayd – rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| Bracks
1999–2007
Template:Australian party style| 28 Denis Napthine File:Denis Napthine.jpg Liberal Portland 26 October 1999 20 August 2002 Template:Ayd –
Template:Australian party style| 29 Robert Doyle File:Robert Doyle 2013 b.jpg Liberal Malvern 20 August 2002 8 May 2006 Template:Ayd 2002
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 30 Ted Baillieu File:Ted baillieu b.jpg Liberal Hawthorn 8 May 2006 2 December 2010 Template:Ayd 2006
2010 Template:Australian party style| Brumby
2007–2010
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 31 Daniel Andrews File:Daniel Andrews 2018.jpg Labor Mulgrave 3 December 2010 4 December 2014 Template:Ayd – Template:Australian party style| Baillieu
2010–2013
2014 Template:Australian party style| Napthine
2013–2014
Template:Australian party style| 32 Matthew Guy File:2015 Matthew Guy MLA b.jpg Liberal Bulleen 4 December 2014 6 December 2018 Template:Ayd 2018 rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style|  Andrews
2014–2023
Template:Australian party style| 33 Michael O'Brien File:O'Brien 2022 b.jpg Liberal Malvern 6 December 2018 7 September 2021 Template:Ayd –
Template:Australian party style| (32) Matthew Guy File:2015 Matthew Guy MLA b.jpg Liberal Bulleen 7 September 2021 8 December 2022 Template:Ayd 2022
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| 34 John Pesutto File:Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto b.jpg Liberal Hawthorn 8 December 2022 27 December 2024 Template:Ayd –
– rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|  Allan
2023–
Template:Australian party style| 35 Brad Battin File:Brad Battin (cropped).jpg Liberal Berwick 27 December 2024 Incumbent Template:Ayd –

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