Rose was educated at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Agriculture, and worked as a farmer as well as distributing seed in United States of America. He was a school trustee on the Bunclody School Board, and spent 17 years as a representative to the Souris Valley School Division. He also served six terms on the Manitoba Association of School Trustees, and was President of this organization in 1982-83.
Rose was elected to the legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating LiberalDoug Collins by about 2700 votes. He was not appointed to Cabinet, and announced his retirement from the legislature in 1995, at age 61. During his time in the assembly, he was a supporter of balanced-budget legislation.
In 1997, he was commissioned by the Manitoba government to undertake a study of recent flood damage in southwest Manitoba. He died in 2000.
Robert D. (Bob) Rose (born July 16, 1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
He should not be confused with another BobRose, who sat as a Progressive Conservative in the Manitoba legislature from 1990 to 1995.
Rose was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1988 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Paul Herriot by over 800 votes.