The Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed...
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president of the Senate of Ceylon, was the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of Ceylon. The president of the Senate was the...
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This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon. Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 - ) Nicholas Attygalle (1952 - 1955) Cyril de Zoysa (1955...
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The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians....
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speaker of the House of Representatives. The position is partisan and has usually been held by a member of the Government party. The Senate of Ceylon was...
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Independence Memorial Hall (category 1953 establishments in Ceylon)
served as the ceremonial assembly hall for the Senate of Ceylon and the House of Representatives of Ceylon until the parliament was moved to the new parliament...
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Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...
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Ceylon Tamil politician and member of the Senate of Ceylon M. S. Manickam (born 1946), Indian politician, businessman, farmer, and former member of the...
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Oliver Goonetilleke (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Britain, he became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962). He was the first Ceylonese...
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M. W. H. de Silva (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
cabinet of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike as a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Having graduated from the University of London, de Silva became an Advocate. Joining...
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
his seat in the Senate. On 5 August 1960, Governor General Goonetilleke appointed Bandaranaike to the Senate of Ceylon, the upper house of Parliament. Initially...
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S. Pararajasingam (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
proprietor and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Pararajasingam was born on 25 June 1896. He was the son of A. V. Sangarapillai, founder of Manipay Hindu College...
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The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until...
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Barnes Ratwatte (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
headman. He was a member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. He was appointed to the posts of Rate Mahatmaya of Balangoda and Dissawa by the...
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appointed from the Senate of Ceylon, as such appointments have been held by Advocates. It succeeded the office of Legal Secretary of Ceylon which existed from...
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Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations...
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Chandradasa Wijesinghe (category Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon)
Party. In 1956, he was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from April 1956 to September 1958...
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former Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon C. H. Z. Fernando – former Member of the Legislative Council W. M. Rajapakse – former Member of the Legislative...
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Cyril de Zoysa (category Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon)
philanthropist. The President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1960 to 1965, he was a leader in the Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 20th...
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Abeyratne Ratnayaka (category Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon)
Minister of Food, Co-operatives; Minister of Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon. He received...
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Edwin Wijeyeratne (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
became a founding member of the United National Party and was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon which was a non-elected upper house of parliament. There he...
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Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
December 1960) was a Ceylon Tamil businessman and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Gardiner was born on 6 January 1899. He was the son of Samuel Vairamuttu...
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The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations...
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S. M. H. Mashoor (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
proctor, he was a United National Party member of the Senate of Ceylon from 1965 to 1971. 1944 Fergusons Ceylon Directory (PDF). 1944. Retrieved 4 August 2021...
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Doric de Souza (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
take up the post of Senior Lecturer in the English Department in Peradeniya at the University of Ceylon. In 1957 elected to the Senate and served till...
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C. Coomaraswamy (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
1887) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, diplomat and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Coomaraswamy was born on 25 August 1887. He was the son of Chellappah...
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Council, daughter of J. H. Meedeniya and wife of Alfred Francis Molamure, both State Councillors. 60 women have served in the legislature of Sri Lanka, including...
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D. W. J. Perera (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
D. W. J. Perera was a Ceylonese Sinhalese teacher and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Educated at Sri Sumangala College, Panadura, Perera became a mathematics...
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Bertram Ivor Palipane (category Members of the Senate of Ceylon)
was a Ceylonese lawyer and landowner. He was an elected member of the Senate of Ceylon from 1952 to 1957. Born on 23 August 1913 in Gampola, he was educated...
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member of the Old Boys Union. In January 2015 Peiris' appointment was declared void by government of Sri Lanka Fredrick played for the All Ceylon team before...
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