List of Senators of Ceylon
This is a list of Senator who were members of the Senate of Ceylon.
Presidents of the Senate
Main article: President of the Senate of Ceylon
- Sir Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 - )[1]
- Sir Nicholas Attygalle (1953 - 1960)[2]
- Sir Cyril de Zoysa (1960 - 1962)
- Sarath Wijesinghe (1962 - 1965)
- Thomas Amarasuriya (1963 - 65)[3]
- Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965 - 1971)
Deputy Presidents of the Senate
- Peri Sundaram (1947 - )[1]
- Sir Frank Gunasekera (1948 - )
- Sir Cyril de Zoysa (1951 - )[4]
- Lady Adeline Molamure (1955 - )[5]
- B. H. Dunuwille[6]
Senators
- Kurbanhussein Adamaly, J.P., O.B.E., 1949-61, appointed.[7]
- Thomas Amarasuriya (1953 - 65), UNP/SLFP
- Sir Nicholas Attygalle (1952 - )
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike, SLFP (1960-65)
- I. A. Cader
- C. Coomaraswamy, appointed (1947-)[1][8]
- Cissy Cooray, appointed (1947-)[5]
- Ananda Dassanayake, elected (1961-)[6]
- R. S. F. de Mel, elected (1947-)
- Lady Evadne de Silva
- Charles A. M. de Silva, appointed (1947-)
- M. W. H. de Silva
- Sir Cyril de Zoysa, elected (1947-)
- M. P. de Zoysa (-1960)
- Doric de Souza, LSSP
- D. E. V. Dissanayake appointed (1965-)
- B. H. Dunuwille
- Sir Razik Fareed, elected (1947-)
- Sam Peter Christopher Fernando[9]
- Sir Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, appointed (1947-)
- Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, appointed (1947-)
- Sir Frank Gunasekera, appointed (1947-)
- Dickson Silva Hendavitharana
- H. E. Jansz, appointed
- J. P. Jayasena
- Sir Ukwatte Jayasundera, QC
- A. P. Jayasuriya
- N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957-)
- Valentine S. Jayawickrema
- L. B. Jinadasa, elected (1947-)
- W. K. Jinadasa, elected (1947-)
- Stanley Kalpage[10]
- S. R. Kanaganayagam, UNP/ACTC appointed (1949-57)[11][12]
- E. W. Kannangara
- Clodagh Kitchilan, UNP[5]
- Sir John Kotelawala, UNP
- Justin Kotalawela, elected (1947-)
- M. Manickam, ITAK[13][14]
- Sir Mohamed Macan Markar, appointed (1947-)
- Mashoor Moulana
- Lady Adeline Molamure, elected (1947-)
- S. Nadarajah, ACTC (1965-71)[15][16]
- S. Nadesan (1947-71)[17][18]
- S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai)[19]
- Ponnambalam Nagalingam, LSSP (1951-57)[20]
- Dr E. M. V. Naganathan, ACTC/ITAK, elected (1947-)[21]
- Jinadasa Niyathapala
- Deshamanya James Peter Obeyesekere III
- Bertram Ivor Palipane[22]
- Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954-)[23]
- Dr M. V. P Peiris
- D. W. J. Perera, elected (1947-)[24]
- E. W. Perera
- Dr M. G. Perera, elected (1947-)
- Reggie Perera, LSSP (1959-71)[25]
- Y. R. Piyasena
- D. M. Rajapaksa
- Sir Lalitha Rajapakse, appointed (1947-)
- Mudaliyar A. B. Rajendra, appointed (1947-)[26]
- Sir Arthur Ranasinghe
- Abeyratne Ratnayaka
- Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe, elected (1947-)
- Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe, elected (1955-)
- Sir Philip Rodrigo
- Andrew M. Samarasinghe
- Dr. V. R. Schockman, appointed (1947-)
- Sir Bennet Soysa, elected (1947-)
- Peri Sundaram, CIC, elected (1947-)[27]
- Sir John Tarbat, appointed (1947-)
- Murugeysen Tiruchelvam, ITAK (1965-71)[28]
- Heen Banda Udurawana[29]
- Sir Kanthiah Vaithianathan[30]
- Sir Donatius Victoria, appointed (1947-)
- A. F. Wijemanne
- Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
- Sir Gerard Wijeyekoon, appointed (1947-)
- Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne, appointed (1947-)
- E. B. Wikramanayake
- Colonel T. Y. Wright, appointed (1947-)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "First election on party basis". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 4 March 2007.
- ↑ In Memoriam: Sir Nicholas Attygalle
- ↑ "Remembering Thomas Amarasuriya on his 100th birth anniversary". The Island (Sri Lanka). 17 June 2007.
- ↑ "Patriot and devout Buddhist". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 28 February 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ratnapala, Neetha S. (8 March 2003). "Women - the race is yet to be won". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The mighty midget of SLFP politics". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 August 2004.
- ↑ Gazette Notification No. 1041 of 1953; G.G.O No. C 163/49
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 42.
- ↑ A salute to Sam P.C. !
- ↑ Kalpage, Quintus (1 January 2006). "Fond memories of two brothers: Stanley and Kingsley Kalpage". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 67-68.
- ↑ Tharmarajah, K. M. (14 May 2004). "Advocate S.R. Kanaganayagam: A legal luminary well-known for sound interpretation, wit and humour". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (15 July 2007). "Will "Tamil Kudumbimalai"be turned into "Sinhala Thoppigala?"". The Sunday Leader.
- ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "Ex-Senator Killed" (PDF). Tamil Times VII (4): 4. March 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (7 March 2011). "Satyagraha receives “Baptism of fire” on first day". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 111.
- ↑ Fonseka, Manel (January 1987). "S. Nadesan QC - A Tribute" (PDF). Tamil Times VI (3): 9-10. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 118.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 112.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 113.
- ↑ "Obituaries". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 4 August 2003.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 129-130.
- ↑ Fernando, Neville (17 October 2009). "Remembering Senator D. W. J. Perera". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "Remembering the ebullient Reggie Perera". The Island (Sri Lanka). 16 November 2002.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 155-156.
- ↑ Thambyrajah, S. "Patriot, freedom fighter and workers’ champion". Malayaha Makkal Ondriyam.
- ↑ Jayatilaka, Tissa (14 February 2010). "An early voice for integration". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Heen Banda Udurawana Diyawadana Nilame. Daily News, Retrieved on 16 December 2002.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 238-239.
References
- "CEYLON (CONSTITUTION) ORDER IN COUNCIL". LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka.
- "CEYLON (CONSTITUTION AND INDEPENDENCE) AMENDMENT". LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka.
- "The Senate Days of Ceylon" (PDF). The Island (Sri Lanka). 22 April 2010.
- Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon.