J. A. Martenze

J.A. Martenze was a Ceylonese statesman and a lawyer. He was appointed to the first Parliament of Ceylon in 1947 by the Governor General of Ceylon and was deputy chairman of committees. A founding director of the DFCC Bank, he was its first Chairman.

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• THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 12: Tryst with independence

// Members of 1st Parliament of Ceylon (1947 (1947)-1952) → Speaker: Alfred Francis Molamure/Albert Peries Prime Minister: D. S. Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera Central Province (15) M. D. Banda George E. de Silva (T. B. Ilangaratne) (Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne) Senerat Gunewardene (R. S. Pelpola) K. Kumaravelu G. R. Motha (A. Aziz) V. T. Nanayakkara E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. R. U. Premachandra K. Rajalingam H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka H. B. Tenne Savumiamoorthy Thondaman C. V. Velupillai Eastern Province (7) A. R. A. M. Abubucker S. U. Ethiramanasingham M. M. Ebrahim Hadjiar M. S. Kariapper Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe V. Nalliah S. Sivapalan Northern Province (9) S. J. V. Chelvanayakam K. Kanagaratnam V. Kumaraswamy G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam North Central Province (5) P. L. Bauddhasara P. B. Bulankulame S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake North Western Province (10) Ivan Dassanayake J. J. Fernando Kavisena Herat I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla H. S. Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries R. G. Senanayake Herbert Sri Nissanka T. B. Subasinghe Sabaragamuwa Province (10) C. E. Attygalle D. F. Hettiarachchi N. H. Keerthiratne E. W. Mathew A. F. Molamure (Jayaweera Kuruppu) N. M. Perera Reggie Perera H. L. Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Florence Senanayake Southern Province (12) H. D. Abeygoonawardena Simon Abeywickrema (H. W. Amarasuriya) W. Dahanayake William de Silva Arthur de Zoysa D. S. Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrama P. Kumarasiri D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Victor Ratnayaka W. Wickremasinghe (Walwin de Silva) Uva Province (7) Leo Fernando J. C. T. Kotelawala K. V. Nadarajah D. Ramanujam J. A. Rambukpota S. M. Subbaiah K. D. Sugathadasa Western Province (20) S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike R. A. de Mel (T. F. Jayawardena) Colvin R. de Silva George R. de Silva A. E. Goonesinha Cholomondeley Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena (Kusumasiri Gunawardena) R. Gunawardena T. B. Jayah (M. C. M. Kaleel) A. P. Jayasuriya D. P. Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene D. D. Karunaratne (P. P. Jayawardene) Pieter Keuneman Wilmot A. Perera Henry Peiris D. S. Senanayake Sam A. Silva H. de Z. Siriwardena Chandrasiri Somaweera Appointed (6) E. F. N. Gratien F. H. Griffith J. A. Martenze J. J. W. Oldfield S. A. Pakeman G. R. Whitby