Mark Rose: podcast appearances and interviews

Mark Willson Rose (5 March 1924 – 8 March 2008) was a Canadian politician affiliated with the New Democratic Party. He was also a professor by profession. Rose initially made an attempt to enter federal politics in 1965 but was unsuccessful. He was elected to the House of Commons representing the Fraser Valley West electoral district in the 1968 federal election and served two terms in the 28th and 29th Canadian Parliaments. He was defeated in the 1974 election by Robert Wenman of the Progressive Conservative party. Rose returned to federal Parliament in 1979 after winning the election in the Mission;Port Moody district. He served in the 31st Canadian Parliament and was re-elected in 1980. However, he resigned before completing his term in the 32nd Parliament to pursue provincial politics. Rose subsequently won the 1983 provincial election for the Coquitlam-Moody riding and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia until 1991.