2nd State Council of Ceylon

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2nd State Council of Ceylon
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Overview
Legislative body State Council of Ceylon
Meeting place Old Parliament Building
Term17 March 1936 (1936-03-17) – 4 July 1947 (1947-07-04)
Election 22 February – 7 March 1936
Government 2nd Board
Website parliament.lk
State Councillors
Members58
Speaker Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees 		Susantha de Fonseka
Deputy Chairman of Committees R. S. Tennekoon
Leader of the House D. B. Jayatilaka (1936–42)
D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)

The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and was dissolved on 4 July 1947.

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Election

The 2nd state council election was held between 22 February and 7 March 1936 in 43 of the 50 constituencies. [1] [2] The remaining seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote. [2]

The new state council met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and elected Waithilingam Duraiswamy, Susantha de Fonseka and R. S. Tennekoon as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Deputy Chairman of Committees respectively. [2]

Deaths, resignations and removals

Members

NameAppointed/
Elected		ConstituencyVotesMajorityTook officeLeft officeNotesRefs.
E. W. Abeygunasekera Elected Nuwara Eliya 7 March 1936June 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by M. D. Banda [4]
Simon Abeywickrema Elected Udugama 9 March 19404 July 1947Succeeds Neil Hewavitarne [5]
Bernard Aluwihare Elected Matale 22 February 1936 [6]
H. W. Amarasuriya Elected Galle 23,85225 February 1936 [7] [8] [9]
Thomas Amarasuriya Elected Moratuwa 19 March 19424 July 1947Succeeds W. A. de Silva [10]
M. D. Banda Elected Nuwara Eliya --October 1943Succeeds E. W. Abeygunasekera, Acting Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1945)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Elected Veyangoda --19 March 1936 Minister of Local Administration (1936–47) [2]
Charles Batuwantudawe Elected Kalutara 29 February 193613 September 1940Died in office, succeeded by Upali Batuwantudawe [4]
Upali Batuwantudawe Elected Kalutara Succeeds Charles Batuwantudawe [5]
Clement Johnston Black Appointed [10]
P. B. Bulankulame Elected Anuradhapura 21 April 19454 July 1947Succeeds H. R. Freeman [10]
S. O. Canagaratnam Elected Batticaloa South 19361938Died in office, succeeded by S. Dharmaretnam [2]
Maurice John Cary AppointedEuropean [4]
Claude Corea Elected Chilaw 19 March 19361946 Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1936–46) [4]
Wijeyananda Dahanayake Elected Bibile 19444 July 1947Succeeds G. C. Rambukpotha [7] [10]
Susantha de Fonseka Elected Panadura Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees (1936–47) [4]
C. E. P. de Silva Elected Negombo 15 January 193827 February 1942Succeeds A. E. Rajapakse. Died in office, succeeded by H. de Z. Siriwardena
George E. de Silva Elected Kandy 29 February 1936 Minister of Health (1942–47) [4]
George R. de Silva Elected Colombo North Succeeded Naysum Saravanamuttu [5]
W. A. de Silva Elected Moratuwa 193618 February 1943 Minister of Health (1936–42) Resigned from office, succeeded by Thomas Amarasuriya [4]
A. P. de Zoysa Elected Colombo South 10 October 1936 [4]
Francis de Zoysa Elected Balapitiya 22 February 1936 [4]
S. Dharmaretnam Elected Batticaloa South 17 September 19384 July 1947Succeeds S. O. Canagaratnam [2]
Waithilingam Duraiswamy Elected Kayts --15 January 19364 July 1947 Speaker (1936–47) [2]
Razik Fareed AppointedMuslims--12 March 1936 [2]
H. R. Freeman Elected Anuradhapura 15 January 19361945Died in office, succeeded by P. B. Bulankulame [4]
R. P. Gaddum AppointedEuropean17 May 193810 January 1939Succeeds E. C. Villiers. Resigned from office, succeeded by E. C. Villiers
H. A. Goonesekera Elected Balangoda 25 February 193625 May 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by Alexander Francis Molamure [4]
A. E. Goonesinha Elected Colombo Central 22 February 19361942Succeeded by M. C. M. Kaleel [11]
Francis Huntly Griffith Appointed [4]
D. D. Gunasekera Elected Bandarawela 22 February 193625 May 1943Resigned from office, succeeded by J. G. Rajakulendran [4]
Philip Gunawardena Elected Avissawella 29 February 1936July 1942Vacated office in July 1942, succeeded by Bernard Jayasuriya [12]
Senerat Gunewardene Elected Gampola 28 February 1936 [4]
Neil Hewavitarne Elected Udugama 27 February 193631 October 1939Died in office, succeeded by Simon Abeywickrema [4]
Raja Hewavitarne Elected Matara 5 March 1936 [4]
J. H. Ilangantileke Elected Puttalam 29 February 193627 July 1943Died in office, succeeded by U. B. Wanninayake [4]
Gnanamuthu Isaac Elected Mannar-Mullaitivu 19431944Succeeds R. Sri Pathmanathan, succeeded by Jeganathan Tyagarajah [2]
T. B. Jayah AppointedMuslims--12 March 19364 July 1947 [2] [13]
A. P. Jayasuriya Elected Horana 25 February 19364 July 1947 [4]
Bernard Jayasuriya Elected Avissawella 28 February 19434 July 1947Succeeds Philip Gunawardena [10]
D. P. Jayasuriya Elected Gampaha 1936 [4] [14]
D. B. Jayatilaka Elected Kelaniya --15 January 19361943 Minister of Home Affairs (1936–42), resigned from office, succeeded by J. R. Jayewardene [2]
Robert Edward Jayatilaka Elected Ruwanwella 19394 July 1947Succeeded N. M. Perera [10]
J. R. Jayewardene Elected Kelaniya 19434 July 1947Succeeds D. B. Jayatilaka [10]
M. C. M. Kaleel Elected Colombo Central 1942Succeeds A. E. Goonesinha [15]
C. W. W. Kannangara Elected Matugama 1936 Minister of Education (1936–47) [14] [16]
R. C. Kannangara Elected Morawaka 3 March 193614 October 1946Died in office, succeeded by S. A. Wickramasinghe [3]
Henry Kotelawala Elected Badulla 26 October 1936 [4]
John Kotelawala Elected Kurunegala --15 January 1936 Minister of Communications and Works (1936–47) [2]
Patrick de Silva Kularatne Elected Balapitiya [10]
Jayaweera Kuruppu Elected Ratnapura 22 February 1936 [4]
A. Mahadeva Elected Jaffna 25 February 19364 July 1947 Minister of Home Affairs (1942–47) [2]
Alexander Francis Molamure Elected Balangoda October 19434 July 1947Succeeds H. A. Goonesekera [10]
V. Nalliah Elected Trincomalee-Batticaloa 19434 July 1947Succeeds E. R. Tambimuttu [2]
K. Natesa Iyer Elected Hatton 2 March 1936 [2]
S. Natesan Elected Kankesanthurai 27 February 19364 July 1947 [2]
Hubert Ernest Newnham Appointed6 March 193918 May 1943 [5]
E. A. Nugawela Elected Galagedara 24 February 1936 [4]
John William Oldfield AppointedEuropean28 April 1936 [10]
Howard Frank Parfitt Appointed12 March 193618 May 1943Resigned from office. [4]
I. X. Pereira Appointed Indian Tamils --12 March 19364 July 1947 Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1946–47) [2]
N. M. Perera Elected Ruwanwella 28 February 19361939Removed from office, succeeded by R. E. Jayetilleke [12]
G. G. Ponnambalam Elected Point Pedro 22 February 19364 July 1947 [2]
J. G. Rajakulendran Elected Bandarawela October 19434 July 1947Succeeds D. D. Gunasekera [10] [2]
D. A. Rajapaksa Elected Hambantota Succeeds D. M. Rajapaksa [10]
D. M. Rajapaksa Elected Hambantota 17,0467 March 19361945Died in office, succeeded by D. A. Rajapaksa [3]
A. E. Rajapakse Elected Negombo 193620 September 1937Died in office, succeeded by C. E. P. de Silva [4]
G. C. Rambukpotha Elected Bibile 5 March 193627 October 1943Died in office. Succeeded by Wijeyananda Dahanayake [4]
Abeyratne Ratnayaka Elected Dumbara 26 February 1936 [4]
Harris Leuke Ratwatte Elected Kegalle 5 March 1936 [4]
Siripala Samarakkody Elected Narammala 22 February 1936August 1944Died in office, succeeded by Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake [4]
Naysum Saravanamuttu Elected Colombo North 22 February 19361941Died in office, succeeded by George R. de Silva [2]
Dudley Senanayake Elected Dedigama 17,0452 March 1936 Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1946–47) [17]
D. S. Senanayake Elected Minuwangoda --1936 Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1936–46) [2]
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Elected Narammala 4 July 1947Succeeds Siripala Samarakkody [10]
H. de Z. Siriwardena Elected Negombo 19424 July 1947Succeeds C. E. P. de Silva [10]
Bennet Soysa Elected Nuwara Eliya [10]
R. Sri Pathmanathan Elected Mannar-Mullaitivu 7 March 19361943Died in office, succeeded by Gnanamuthu Isaac [2]
E. R. Tambimuttu Elected Trincomalee-Batticaloa 22 February 1936June 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by V. Nalliah [2]
R. S. Tennekoon Elected Katugampola 3 March 1936 Deputy Chairman of Committees (1936–47) [4]
Jeganathan Tyagarajah Elected Mannar-Mullaitivu 1944Succeeds Gnanamuthu Isaac [2]
Evelyn Charles Villiers AppointedEuropean12 March 1936
14 February 1939		30 April 1938
7 April 1947		Resigned from office, succeeded by R. P. Gaddum. Succeeds R. P. Gaddum [4]
S. P. Vythilingam Elected Talawakelle 5 March 1936 [2]
David Wanigasekera Elected Weligama 29 February 19364 July 1947 [3]
U. B. Wanninayake Elected Puttalam 27 November 19434 July 1947Succeeds J. H. Ilangantileke [10]
George Roland Whitby Appointed [5]
S. A. Wickramasinghe Elected Morawaka 19464 July 1947Succeeds R. C. Kannangara
George Alfred Henry Wille AppointedBurgher12 March 19364 July 1947 [4]

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