Bob Rose (Manitoba Liberal)
Robert D. (Bob) Rose (born July 16, 1931) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the south Winnipeg riding of St. Vital for the Manitoba Liberal Party.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rose worked as a broker before entering political life.
Political career
Municipal
In the 1983 Winnipeg municipal elections, Rose was elected as a school trustee in the St. Vital school division at his first attempt. He served one three-year term. In the 1986 Winnipeg municipal election, he was elected to Winnipeg City Council, for the St. Vital ward of Glenlawn, defeating Al Ducharme, who had represented the ward since 1977.[1]
Provincial
The New Democratic Party government of Manitoba, led by Howard Pawley, fell in 1988 when NDP backbencher Jim Walding—the Member of the Legislative Assembly 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.[2][3] 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 Shirley Render[2][3] amid a general decline in support for his party. He has not sought a return to political life since this time.
Election results
| 1986 Winnipeg municipal election: Councillor, Glenlawn Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bob Rose | 2,825 | 53.44 | |||||
| Conservative | (x)Al Ducharme | 2,461 | 46.56 | |||||
| Source: City of Winnipeg[4] | ||||||||
| 1988 Manitoba general election: St. Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Rose | 4,431 | 42.22 | +27.16 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Herriot | 3,614 | 34.43 | -5.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerri Unwin | 2,282 | 21.74 | -23.59 | ||||
| Western Independence | Katharina Cameron | 123 | 1.17 | n/a | ||||
| Libertarian | Trevor Wiebe | 46 | 0.44 | n/a | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,496 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 10,514 | 79.08 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,296 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Winnipeg Election Results | Open Data | City of Winnipeg".
- ^ a b "Bob Rose". The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Manitoba Votes 2007- Riding Profiles". CBC. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Winnipeg Election Results". Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.