Adeline Molamure

Mr Kuruppu alias William Henry Meediniya with his family in 1905 including daughters Adeline and Alice.

Adeline, Lady Molamure, CBE (Adeline; née Meedeniya) was the first female member of State Council of Ceylon thereby the first elected female legislator in Sri Lanka. She was the Deputy President of the Senate.

Educated at Bishop's College, Colombo, she was the daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar, member of the Legislative Council.[1][2] She was elected to the State Council in a by election in 1931 from her father's electoral seat after his death. She was later elected to the Senate in 1947 and was appointed as a Deputy President of it in 1955 for which she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

She was married to Sir Francis Molamure the first speaker State Council and Parliament.[3] Molamure won the election for the speaker with 58 votes against his opponent's 41.[4] He resigned from the post on 10 December 1934[5]

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  1. ↑ Abeynaike, H.B.W. (2009-02-23). "Press Magnate Who Fought For Country's Freedom". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  2. ↑ Lady Members
  3. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. (2001-09-22). "Sri Lanka: The Untold Story". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Molamure is elected Speaker of First Parliament". Sunday Times. 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  5. ↑ "Speakers". Retrieved 2009-07-01.