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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.

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Michael Grant Ignatieff was the leader of the opposition in Canada in 2009. He served in this role from 2008 December 10 to 2011 May 2 as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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Thomas Mulcair, leader of the federal NDP, is the Leader of the Official Opposition.

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