Australian Leaders of Opposition in the Senate

Enter the names of all 26 people who have held the position of the Australian Leader of Opposition in the Senate since Federation in 1901.

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Leader	Party	Dates in Office	Opposition Leader
Josiah Symon	Free Trade	1901-1904, 1905-1907	George Reid
Gregor McGregor	Labor	1904-1905, 1913-1914	Chris Watson, Andrew Fisher
Edward Millen	Liberal	1907-1909, 1914-1917	Joseph Cook, Alfred Deakin
Albert Gardiner	Labor	1917-1926	Frank Tudor, Matthew Charlton
Ted Needham	Labor	1926-1929	Matthew Charlton, James Scullin
John Daly	Labor	1929	James Scullin
George Pearce	Nationalist/ United Australia	1929-1932	John Latham, Joseph Lyons
John Barnes	Labor	1932-1935	James Scullin
Joe Collings	Labor	1935-1941	John Curtin
George McLeay	Liberal/ United Australia	1941-1947	Arthur Fadden, Robert Menzies
Walter Cooper	Country	1947-1949	Robert Menzies
Bill Ashley	Labor	1949-1951	Ben Chifley
Nick McKenna	Labor	1951-1966	Herbert Evatt, Arthur Calwell
Don Willesee	Labor	1966-1967	Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam
Lionel Murphy	Labor	1967-1972	Gough Whitlam
Reg Withers	Liberal	1972-1975	Billy Snedden, Malcolm Fraser
Ken Wriedt	Labor	1975-1980	Gough Whitlam, Bill Hayden
John Button	Labor	1980-1983	Bill Hayden, Bob Hawke
Fred Chaney	Liberal	1983-1990	Andrew Peacock, John Howard
Robert Hill	Liberal	1990-1996	John Hewson, Alexander Downer, John Howard
John Faulkner	Labor	1996-2004	Kim Beazley, Simon Crean
Chris Evans	Labor	2004-2007	Mark Latham, Kim Beazley, Kevin Rudd
Nick Minchin	Liberal	2007-2010	Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull
Eric Abetz	Liberal	2010-2013	Tony Abbott
Penny Wong	Labor	2013-2022	Chris Bowen, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese
Simon Birmingham	Liberal	2022-	Peter Dutton

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