Kalyanaratne Hemachandra | |
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Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Talawake | |
In office 19 April 1956 –5 December 1959 | |
Preceded by | H. E. P. de Mel |
Succeeded by | seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Died | 6 July 1962 |
Nationality | Ceylonese |
Political party | United National Party |
Occupation | planter,merchant,politician |
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra (died 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese planter,merchant and politician. [1] [2]
In January 1948 he was elected as one of the inaugural members of the Talawakelle - Lindula Urban Council, [3] a position he retained until his death in 1962. [4]
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