Jacques Rose

Jacques Rose (born 1947) is a Québécois nationalist who was a member of the Chénier Cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), along with his brother Paul Rose, who led the cell.[1][2]

The Chénier cell of the FLQ kidnapped Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte in October 1970, as part of events that came to be known as the October Crisis. Laporte's strangled body was found in the trunk of a car on October 17.[1][3]

Jacques Rose was convicted in 1973 of being an accessory after the fact[4] before being released on parole in 1978.[1][5] 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.

  1. ^ a b c Wyatt, Nelson; Robillard, Alexandre (14 March 2013). "FLQ terrorist Paul Rose dies at age 69". The Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Jacques Rose Acquitted | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. ^ "This is the farmhouse where Jacques Rose; his brother Paul and Francis Simard were arrested yesterday. Police said they cornered the three in a dugout under the basement and after hours of negotiations the men finally surrendered without a shot being fired. After he came out; Paul Rose made a short political speech and declared he was a political prisoner and a member of the lost generation. The men are now being held in a provincial police jail. : Virtual Reference Library". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  4. ^ Janke, Peter (2014). "Canada and the FLQ". Terrorism and Democracy: Some Contemporary Cases. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 72. ISBN 9781349124541. OCLC 935188729. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Francis Simard, FLQ member convicted of murder, dead at 67". CBC News. January 15, 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.