Jacques Rose (born 1947) is a Québécois

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

who was a member of the

Chénier Cell The Chénier Cell, also known as the South Shore Gang, was a Montreal-based Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist cell responsible for a decade of bombing, armed robbery and kidnapping that led to the October Crisis. Background The ...

of the ''

Front de libération du Québec The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Canadia ...

'' (FLQ), along with his brother Paul Rose, who led the cell. The Chénier cell of the FLQ kidnapped Quebec Labour Minister

Pierre Laporte Pierre Laporte (25 February 1921 – 17 October 1970) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was deputy premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped and murdered by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ ...

in October 1970, as part of events that came to be known as the

October Crisis The October Crisis (french: Crise d'Octobre) refers to a chain of events that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James C ...

. Laporte's strangled body was found in the trunk of a car on October 17. Jacques Rose was convicted in 1973 of being an accessory after the fact before being released on parole in 1978. Rose remained politically active after his release, running twice as a provincial candidate and actively campaigning with his brother Paul for the pro-independence "Yes" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum, before eventually retiring from his job as a carpenter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Jacques Living people 1947 births Front de libération du Québec members People from Montreal New Democratic Party of Quebec candidates in Quebec provincial elections October Crisis