The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet in

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was formed after the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.

Erin O'Toole Erin Michael O'Toole (born January 22, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Durham since 2012. A member of the Conservative Party, O'Toole served as the party's leader and the leader of the Official ...

appointed a Shadow Cabinet in September 2020.

By Member

101 MPs have served in the Official Opposition Cabinet at one point in the 43rd Parliament. 42 MPs are currently Senior Shadow Ministers shadowing a specific Minister with portfolio in the House of Commons. In addition there are 8 other Shadow Ministers with specific roles without a ministerial equivalent. Highlight indicates that a Member is a current Senior Shadow Minister. Of the senior members of Shadow Cabinet, 32 are men and 10 are women. 6 are visible minorities (14.3%). Under Andrew Scheer, most senior Shadow Ministers also had a deputy critic for their file. This has been discontinued under his successor, Erin O'Toole. Shadow ministers are often referred to as "critics".

By Shadow Cabinet

Following the 2019 federal election, held on October 21, 2019, the

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gained seats, but remained as the Official Opposition, while the governing Liberals formed a minority government. It is led by

, who was elected as party leader on August 24, 2020. Prior to that, it was led by

Andrew Scheer Andrew James Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer served as the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015, and was the lead ...

, who was elected as party leader in May 2017.

Erin O'Toole

O'Toole II (February 10, 2021 – February 2, 2022)

O'Toole I (September 2, 2020 – February 9, 2021)

Andrew Scheer

Scheer VIII (February 1, 2020 – August 23, 2020)

Scheer made changes to his Shadow Cabinet as a result of various members of his caucus announcing their candidacy for the party's leadership. Under caucus rules, MPs running for party leadership had to resign their critic positions.

Scheer VII (November 29, 2019 – January 31, 2020)

References

{{Shadow Cabinets (Canada) Canadian shadow cabinets Leaders of the Opposition (Canada) Government of Canada Westminster system