Dr. Pauulu Kamarakafego (Dr. Roosevelt Brown), who spearheaded the drive for universal adult suffrage in Bermuda in the 1960s, has died.

Dr. Kamarakafego was one the founders of and was the public face of the Committee for Universal Adult Suffrage, which staged a series of public meetings in the early 1960s which forced the then-government to abolish the property requirement for voting and adopt a one man one vote system.

An MP from 1969 until 1972, Dr. Kamarakafego was a long time consultant to the United Nations Development Programme on environmental issues and also advised the Bermuda Government before his death.

See tomorrow's Royal Gazette for full coverage.