Robert D. (Bob) Rose (born July 16, 1931) is a politician in

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1990, representing the south

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riding of St. Vital for the

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. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rose worked as a broker before entering political life.

Political career

Municipal

In the

1983 Winnipeg municipal election The 1983 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 26, 1983 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg. There were also two referendum questions, on bilingualism and nuclear disarmament. Bill Norrie defeated Br ...

s, Rose was elected as a

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in the St. Vital

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at his first attempt. He served one three-year term. In the

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, he was elected to

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government of Manitoba, led by

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, fell in 1988 when NDP backbencher

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—the

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for St. Vital—took the unprecedented step of voting against his own government's budget. Rose ran in the 1988 provincial election in St. Vital and defeated his closest competitor, Progressive Conservative candidate Paul Herriot, by 817 votes; Walding did not stand. The Liberals increased their legislative strength from one to twenty in this election, and Rose sat as a member of the official opposition for the next two years. In the election of 1990, he lost by 118 votes to Tory

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amid a general decline in support for his party. He has not sought a return to political life since this time.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Bob Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs 1931 births Living people Winnipeg city councillors