Herbert Sri Nissanka

The Honourable
Herbert Sri Nissanka, KC
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kurunegala
Personal details
Born 7 December 1898
Died 26 February 1954
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Alma mater St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Royal College, Colombo
Ananda College
Occupation Politics
Profession Lawyer

Herbert Sri Nissanka, KC (also known as Nissanka Herbert Mendis) (7 December 1898 – 26 February 1954) was a Ceylonese lawyer and statesmen. Elected to the first post independence parliament, he was one of the founding members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Education

Educated at Ananda College and later at Royal College Colombo, Nissanka entered St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied law was called to the bar at Middle Temple.

Thereafter practiced in Ceylon as Junior to E. W. Jayewardene, KC appearing before Sir Thomas De Sampayo, KC. He went on to become a prominent criminal lawyer. He was a commissioned officer of the Ceylon Light Infantry in the 1930s. Nissanka was the Member of the Board of Appeal of the Rubber Commissioner’s Department (1938) and a member of the Archeological Commission.

Political career

Entering politics as member of the Colombo Municipal Council in January 1944, he served till December 1946. Nissanka he was elected to Member for Kurunegala in the first Parliament in 1947 an independent candidate.[1] In 1951 along with S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Nissanka formed the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Other work

Nissanka was a founder of the Salagala Monastery (1936), the Biyagama Monastery and headed the 1936 Ceylon Delegation to the Pan Pacific Conference of Buddhist Associations held in Tokyo. He was also the President, Dumb Friends League and Honorary Counsel to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[2]

References

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