List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Montreal)
This is a list of the Leaders of the opposition party at the Montreal City Hall. Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.
| Name | Electoral district | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Michael Fainstat | City Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 1974 | 1978 | RCM | Nick Auf der Maur | City Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges | 1978 | 1982 | GAM | Michael Fainstat | City Councillor, La Confédération | 1982 | 1984 | RCM | Jean Doré | City Councillor, Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 1984 | 1986 | RCM | Germain Prégent | City Councillor, Saint-Henri | 1986 | 1988 | Civic Party | Nick Auf der Maur | City Councillor, Peter-McGill | 1988 | 1989 | Civic Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nick Auf der Maur | City Councillor, Peter-McGill | 1989 | 1990 | Municipal Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Alain André | City Councillor, Ahuntsic | 1990 | 1991 | Municipal Party | Sam Boskey | City Councillor, Décarie | 1991 | 1992 | Democratic Coalition | Nick Auf der Maur | City Councillor, Peter-McGill | 1992 | 1994 | Civic Party | André Lavallée | City Councillor, Bourbonnière | 1994 | 1997 | RCM | Thérèse Daviau | City Councillor, Plateau-Mont-Royal | 1997 | 1998 | RCM | Jack Chadirdjian | City Councillor, Darlington | 1998 | 1998 | New Montreal | Michel Prescott | City Councillor, Jeanne-Mance | 1998 | 2001 | RCM | Michel Prescott | City Councillor, Jeanne-Mance | 2001 | 2001 | UCIM | Pierre Bourque | City Councillor, Marie-Victorin, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 2001 | 2003 | Vision Montreal | Martin Lemay | City Councillor, Sainte-Marie, Ville-Marie | 2003 | 2003 | Vision Montreal | Pierre Bourque | City Councillor, Marie-Victorin, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 2003 | 2006 | Vision Montreal | Noushig Eloyan | City Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville, Ahuntsic-Cartierville | 2006 | 2008 | Vision Montreal | Benoit Labonté | Borough Mayor, Ville-Marie | 2008 | 2009 | Vision Montreal | Gaëtan Primeau | City Councillor, Tétreaultville, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 2009 | 2009 | Vision Montreal | Louise Harel | City Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 2009 | 2013 | Vision Montreal | Richard Bergeron | City Councillor, Saint-Jacques, Ville-Marie | 2013 | 2014 | Projet Montreal | Luc Ferrandez | Borough Mayor, Le Plateau Mont-Royal | 2014 | 2016 | Projet Montreal | Valérie Plante | City Councillor, Sainte-Marie, Ville-Marie | 2016 | 2017 | Projet Montreal | Lionel Perez | City Councillor, Darlington, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 2017 | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal |