Australian Opposition Leaders

Can you name all of the Leaders of the Opposition in Australia throughout history?

Leader of the opposition is the leader of the largest non-government party in a parliamentary setting

Leaders of opposition parties since 1901

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Tenure	Party	Answer
1901-1904	Free Trade	Sir George Reid
1904-1905	Labor	Chris Watson
1904-1908	Free Trade/Anti-Socialist	Sir George Reid
1908-1909	Anti-Socialist	Sir Joseph Cook
1909	Commonwealth Liberal	Sir Alfred Deakin
1909-1910	Labor	Andrew Fisher
1910-1913	Commonwealth Liberal	Sir Alfred Deakin
1913	Commonwealth Liberal	Sir Joseph Cook
1913-1914	Labor	Andrew Fisher
1914-1917	Commonwealth Liberal	Sir Joseph Cook
1917-1922	Labor	Frank Tudor
1922-1928	Labor	Matthew Charlton
1928-1929	Labor	James Scullin
1929-1931	Nationalist	Sir John Latham
1931-1932	United Australia	Joseph Lyons
1932-1935	Labor	James Scullin
1935-1941	Labor	John Curtin
1941-1943	Country	Sir Arthur Fadden
1943-1949	United Australia/Liberal	Sir Robert Menzies
1949-1951	Labor	Ben Chifley
1951-1960	Labor	Herbert (Doc) Evatt
1960-1967	Labor	Arthur Calwell
1967-1972	Labor	Gough Whitlam

Tenure	Party	Answer
1972-1975	Liberal	Sir Billy Snedden
1975	Liberal	Malcom Fraser
1975-1977	Labor	Gough Whitlam
1977-1983	Labor	Bill Hayden
1983	Labor	Bob Hawke
1983-1985	Liberal	Andrew Peacock
1985-1989	Liberal	John Howard
1989-1990	Liberal	Andrew Peacock
1990-1994	Liberal	John Hewson
1994-1995	Liberal	Alexander Downer
1995-1996	Liberal	John Howard
1996-2001	Labor	Kim Beazley
2001-2003	Labor	Simon Crean
2003-2005	Labor	Mark Latham
2005-2006	Labor	Kim Beazley
2006-2007	Labor	Kevin Rudd
2007-2008	Liberal	Brendan Nelson
2008-2009	Liberal	Malcom Turnbull
2009-2013	Liberal	Tony Abbott
2013 (Acting)	Labor	Chris Bowen
2013-2019	Labor	Bill Shorten
2019-2022	Labor	Anthony Albanese
2022-Present	Liberal	Peter Dutton

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