He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1995 representing the rural riding of Turtle Mountain for the Progressive Conservative Party.
[3] The son of David Francis Rose and Mary Cummings Gordon,[1] Rose was educated at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Agriculture, and worked as a farmer as well as distributing seed in Canada and the United States.
He also served six terms on the Manitoba Association of School Trustees and was president of this organization in 1982–83.
He was not appointed to Premier Gary Filmon's 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.