Guy Rozemont

His father was an employee of the shipping company Ireland Fraser Ltd. At the age of four, he moved with his parents and younger siblings from Port Louis to Beau Bassin.

In 1947, he held public meetings denouncing what he said were the evils of capitalism and condemned what he saw as the indifference of official and unofficial representatives of the people in the Legislative Council.

Because it kept the census voting and other elements that were understood to be detrimental to the working class, the proposal was completely rejected by the Labour Party during a public meeting in St Pierre on 1 December 1946.

[citation needed] When Emmanuel Anquetil suddenly died on December 25, 1946, Guy Rozemont, then secretary-general, was promoted to president of the party, becoming its third leader.

The 19 elected members of the 1948 Legislative Council also included Aunauth Beejadhur, Jaynarain Roy, Emilienne Rochecouste (born Orian), Edgard Millien, Raymond Rault, Guy Forget, Sookdeo Bissoondoyal, Sookdeo Balgobin, Ramsoomer Balgobin, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Harilall Vaghjee, Raoul Rivet and Jules Koenig.

However, the main demands of the Labour Party concerning universal adult suffrage and a responsible Government will be torpedoed, the British Secretary of State has accepted at the request of the Conservatives, the voting system in the form of proportional representation.

The Labour Party resolutely opposed the proportional Representation - this method of voting is likely to lead ideological divisions and anarchy - will be called to fight this proposal in the 2nd Constitutional Conference in London (1957). "

[3] On 22 March 1956, Guy Rozemont died in Victoria Hospital, Quatre Bornes having been visited by his contemporaries, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Renganaden Seeneevassen.

A requiem Mass was held at the Sacré-Cœur church in Beau Bassin, attended by the British governor, the French consul and the mayor of Port Louis, with 45,000 people gathered outside according to Le Mauricien (23 March 1956).

In addition, several streets in Mauritius, a primary government school in Port Louis and a stadium in Quatre Bornes, among others, have been named after this eminent personality.