Michael Grant Ignatieff was the leader of the opposition in Canada in 2010. He served in this role from 2008 December 10 to 2011 May 2 as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Thomas Mulcair (NDP Party)
In 2010, the Opposition leader is Tony Abbott.However, as of June 2010, the Prime Minister is no longer Kevin Rudd, so he is not in position to have an Opposition leader. Tony Abbott is Opposition leader to Julia Gillard.
The current leader of the opposition is Jack Layton, leader of the NDP.
No longer. Michael Ignatieff was the leader of the opposition in Canada from 2008 December 10 to 2011 May 2 as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
In 2010, Ontario's provincial opposition party was the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Their leader at the time was, and still is (as of 2012), Tim Hudak (who assumed leadership of the party on July 1, 2009.)
Phil Goff is currently (1 March 2010) the leader of the opposition in New Zealand as the leader of the Labour Party.
In Australia in 2010, the leader of the opposition is Tony Abbott, of the Liberal party of Australia.
Thomas Mulcair (NDP Party)
A party does not "represent" Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Rather, a party is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition by virtue of being the political party with the most seats in opposition. It is theoretically possible (but unlikely) for the third place party to form the opposition if the two larger parties should form a coalition government.Currently, the New Democratic Party is the Official Opposition in Canada's House of Commons.
The opposition leader is currently Tony Abbott. Although he is the leader of the opposition, not the opposition leader of parliament house....
The main opposition party in the Canadian parliament is the Liberal Party of Canada, at least until further notice in this year of 2010.
The opposition leader is currently Tony Abbott. Although he is the leader of the opposition, not the opposition leader of parliament house....
Up until March 26, when Parliament was dissolved for an election, the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons was Michael Ignatieff of the Liberal Party.Following the May 2 election, the Leader of the Official Opposition was Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party (NDP).Due to a new bout of cancer, Jack Layton temporarily stepped down as leader of the NDP and Leader of the Official Opposition on July 25 and named Nycole Turmel as interim leader. Following Layton's death, the party decided that Turmel would remain interim leader until the NDP leadership election in 2012.