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
- Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 - )[1]
- Nicholas Attygalle (1953 - 1960)[2]
- 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]
- Frank Gunasekera (1948 - )
- Cyril de Zoysa (1951 - )[4]
- Adeline Molamure (1955 - )[5]
- B. H. Dunuwille[6]
Senators
- Kurbanhussein Adamaly (1949-61), appointed.[7]
- Thomas Amarasuriya (1953-65), UNP/SLFP
- Nicholas Attygalle (1952-), appointed
- A. M. A. Azeez (1952-63), appointed, UNP/independent[8][9][10]
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960-65), SLFP
- C. Coomaraswamy (1947-), appointed[1][11]
- Cissy Cooray (1947-), appointed[5]
- Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected[6]
- R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected
- Evadne de Silva
- Evelyn de Soysa[12][13]
- M. W. H. de Silva
- Cyril de Zoysa (1947-), elected
- M. P. de Zoysa (-1960)
- Doric de Souza, LSSP
- B. H. Dunuwille
- Razik Fareed (1947-), elected
- Sam Peter Christopher Fernando[14]
- Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947-), appointed
- Oliver Goonetilleke (1947-), appointed
- Frank Gunasekera (1947-), appointed
- J. P. Jayasena
- Ukwatte Jayasundera
- A. P. Jayasuriya
- N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957-)
- Valentine S. Jayawickrema
- Stanley Kalpage[15]
- S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949-57), appointed, UNP/ACTC[16][17]
- E. W. Kannangara
- Clodagh Kitchilan, UNP[5]
- John Kotelawala, UNP
- Justin Kotalawela (1947-), elected
- M. Manickam, ITAK[18][19]
- Mohamed Macan Markar (1947-), appointed
- Adeline Molamure (1947-), elected
- S. Z. Mashoor Moulana
- S. Nadarajah (1965-71), ACTC[20][21]
- S. Nadesan (1947-71)[22][23]
- S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai)[24]
- Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951-57), LSSP[25]
- E. M. V. Naganathan (1947-), elected, ACTC/ITAK[26]
- James Peter Obeyesekere III
- Bertram Ivor Palipane[27]
- Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954-)[28]
- M. V. P Peiris
- D. W. J. Perera (1947-), elected[29]
- E. W. Perera
- Reggie Perera (1959-71), LSSP[30]
- D. M. Rajapaksa
- Lalitha Rajapakse (1947-), appointed
- A. B. Rajendra (1947-), appointed[31]
- Arthur Ranasinghe
- Abeyratne Ratnayaka
- Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected
- Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected
- Philip Rodrigo
- Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947-), appointed
- Seetha Seneviratne
- Bennet Soysa (1947-), elected
- Peri Sundaram (1947-), elected, CIC[32]
- John Tarbat (1947-), appointed
- M. Tiruchelvam (1965-71), ITAK[33]
- Heen Banda Udurawana[34]
- Kanthiah Vaithianathan[35]
- Donatius Victoria (1947-), appointed
- A. F. Wijemanne
- Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
- Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947-), appointed
- Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947-), appointed
- E. B. Wikramanayake
- T. Y. Wright (1947-), appointed
Notes
- 1 2 3 "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.
- 1 2 3 Ratnapala, Neetha S. (8 March 2003). "Women - the race is yet to be won". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- 1 2 "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
- ↑ Marsoof, Saleem (30 December 2002). "Dr. A. M. A. Azeez's contribution to Muslim education". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Ratnapuli, Rajindra C. (21 November 2010). "Dr. A.M.A. Azeez – He Placed Service Before Self". The Sunday Leader.
- ↑ Ishaq, Achi M. (20 November 2005). "A visionary of his time, he promoted ethnic harmony through education". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 42.
- ↑ 100th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF S.T.L.DE SOYSA, A man of vision and principle, The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved 30 May 2015
- ↑ The Holy Emmanuel Church (history) Retrieved 30 January 2015
- ↑ 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.
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