The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Sri Lankan Tamils of Indian origin working in the plantation sector of the economy.
Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake,PC was a prominent Sri Lankan politician,a powerful minister of the United National Party,and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994 presidential election,but was then assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Savumiamoorthy Arumugam Ramanathan Thondaman was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was the grandson of prominent unionist Saumyamoorthi Thondaman. He was the leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress,a Member of Parliament representing the Nuwara Eliya District and was an advocate for the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. His career as a politician spanned over 20 years,holding several ministerial portfolios in different governments. He was regarded as one of the prominent politicians from Nuwara Eliya.
Navin Eranjan Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician,and former Minister of Plantation Industries. A former Member of Parliament for United National Party Nuwara Eliya District,he is a son of Gamini Dissanayake a Presidential candidate and grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother,Mayantha Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Kandy District. He was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and Royal College Colombo.
Periyasamy Chandrasekaran was a Sri Lankan trade unionist,politician and government minister.
Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake is a Member of Parliament from Kandy District. He was a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Council. He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. 2010 he supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate,Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest number of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council. He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake,a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother,Navin Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.
Sundaram Perumal Rajadurai is a Sri Lankan attorney-at-law,politician and former Member of Parliament.
S. Udeiappan Palani Alagan Digambaran is a Sri Lankan politician and government minister. He is the leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW),a member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) and United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).
Henry Woodward Amarasuriya was a Ceylonese plantation owner,politician,educationist and philanthropist. He was the Cabinet Minister for Trade and Commerce in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. A former member of the Ceylon state council,H. W. Amarasuriya was a founding member and the first general secretary of the United National Party. He also held the position of Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees in the first parliament of Ceylon. A member of the first Education Executive Committee of the state council and a former general manager of the Buddhist schools,he did a great service to improve the education in Ceylon.
Maskeliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Maskeliya in Nuwara Eliya District,Central Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Maskeliya electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections,the first under the proportional representation system.
Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Nuwara Eliya and town of Maskeliya in Nuwara Eliya District,Central Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya electoral district was replaced by the multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections,the first under the proportional representation system.
H Cannappen Velusingham Velupillai was a Ceylonese trade unionist,politician and poet.
Piyadigamage Premachandra Sumanatilake (?–1967) was a Ceylonese politician.
Mudiyanselage Andrew Dissanayake was a Ceylonese businessman,landholder and politician.
Henry Edmund Wijesuriya was a Sri Lankan politician who was a Member of Parliament from Maskeliya,and President of the All Ceylon Co-operative Federation.
Jeevan Thondaman is a Sri Lankan politician,Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.
Marudapandy Rameshwaran is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.
Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.
Palani Elilan Mylvaganam Udayakumar is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Sooriyasena Jinadasa was a Ceylonese politician. He was the member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Maskeliya,representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
