State Council of Ceylon

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The Old State Council Building the near the Galle Face Green, now the Presidential Secretariat

The State Council of Ceylon was the legislative body created in Sri Lanka by the British colonial power in terms of the Donoughmore Constitution, which gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony.

There were just two State Councils, 1931-1936 and 1936-1947.

[edit] Notable State Councillors

• D. S. Senanayake
• F. R. Senanayake
• Dudley Senanayake
• Sir John Kotalawela
• Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
• Philip Gunawardena
• N.M. Perera
• Edwin Wijeyeratne
• S.A. Wickremasinghe

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