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History Through Our Eyes: August 10, 1951, Fred Rose

Rose was Canada's first and only communist legislator, technically a labor progressive, and represented Montreal Cartier.

Fred Rose, newly released from prison, is shown at his home on Clark St. with his wife, Fanny, and teenage daughter, Laura, in this photo published in the Montreal Gazette on Aug. 10, 1951.
Fred Rose, fresh out of prison, Clark Street with his wife Fanny and teenage daughter Laura in this photo published by the Montreal Gazette on Wednesday.

“Polish-born Fred Rose was sentenced to five years and two months in prison after being convicted of providing wartime secrets to Russia.

Accompanying our story was an apparently large-scale prison with his wife at his Clark Street home. It was a picture of a rejoicing Rose, Fanny, and their teenage daughter, Laura, which is simply credited to "O'Neal."

At age 43, Rose's hair "was thinner than when he was convicted by the jury," we write, but "his stormy political stance" It was still exuding the nervous energy that characterizes the "career." "

Rhodes, Canada's first and only communist legislator, is technically a labor progressive and represents Montreal Cartier, which includes parts of Mile End and Plateau. He was elected in a by-election in 1943 and re-elected in 1945.

In late 1945, Igor Guzenko, Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, defected. The following year, Rose was convicted on espionage-related charges and was expelled from the House of Representatives in 1947.

Released from prison at a time of strong anti-Communist public opinion. Released, Rose found the situation difficult in Montreal.(When he finally got the job, RCMP officers cornered him at work, his daughter said in 1994.) .) He moved to Poland, where he edited an English-language magazine.The federal government stripped him of his citizenship and barred him from returning to Canada.

Rose died in Warsaw in 1983 at the age of 76. He is buried in Drou de Ormeau.

History Through Our Eyes: Photos of People and Events That Shaped 20th Century Montreal , a collection of the original 2019 series in book form, available online atmontrealhistorybooks.com  at your local bookstore.   }A portion of the proceeds from books sold at the online address will be donated to the Gazette Christmas Fund.

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