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List of senators of Ceylon
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March 10, 2025
This is a list of senators who were members of the
Senate of Ceylon
.
Contents
Presidents of the Senate
Deputy presidents of the Senate
Leaders of the Senate
Senators
Notes
References
Presidents of the Senate
Main article:
President of the Senate of Ceylon
Gerard Wijeyekoon
(1947 – )
[
1
]
Nicholas Attygalle
(1952–1955)
[
2
]
Cyril de Zoysa
(1955–1961)
Sarath Wijesinghe
(1962–1965)
Thomas Amarasuriya
(1963–65)
[
3
]
Abeyratne Ratnayaka
(1965–1971)
Deputy presidents of the Senate
Peri Sundaram
(1947 – )
[
1
]
Frank Gunasekera
(1948–1951)
Cyril de Zoysa
(1951–1955)
[
4
]
Adeline Molamure
(1955 – )
[
5
]
B. H. Dunuwille
[
6
]
S. D. S. Somaratne
Leaders of the Senate
Edwin Wijeyeratne
(1947–1951)
Oliver Goonetilleke
(1951–1954)
Senators
N. M. Appuhamy
, elected
UNP
Kurbanhusen Adamaly
(1949–61), appointed.
[
7
]
[
8
]
J. A. Amaratunga
, appointed
Thomas Amarasuriya
(1953–65),
UNP
/
SLFP
Nicholas Attygalle
(1952–), appointed
A. M. A. Azeez
(1952–63), appointed,
UNP
/independent
[
8
]
[
9
]
[
10
]
[
11
]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(1960–65),
SLFP
I. A. Cader
(1969–1970), appointed
[
8
]
Mohamed Shums Cassim
(1953–54), elected
[
8
]
C. Coomaraswamy
(1947–1950), appointed
[
1
]
[
12
]
Cissy Cooray
(1947–1952), appointed
[
5
]
– first woman appointed to the Senate
[
13
]
Ananda Dassanayake
(1961-), elected
[
6
]
R. S. F. de Mel
(1947-), elected
Evadne de Silva
Evelyn de Soysa
(1958–1963),
[
14
]
[
15
]
M. W. H. de Silva
Cyril de Zoysa
(1947–), elected
M. P. de Zoysa
(1960–1971), appointed
Doric de Souza
,
LSSP
B. H. Dunuwille
Sam Peter Christopher Fernando
[
16
]
Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner
(1947–), appointed
Oliver Goonetilleke
(1947–1948;1951–1954), appointed
Frank Gunasekera
(1947–), appointed
A. R. M. Hameem
(1963–1969), appointed
[
8
]
L. L. Hunter
(1950–1953), appointed
Sir Herbert Eric Jansz
(1947–1950), appointed
J. P. Jayasena
Ukwatte Jayasundera
A. P. Jayasuriya
Clodagh Jayasuriya
,
UNP
,
[
5
]
elected (October 1953 – 1956)
N. U. Jayawardena
, appointed (1957–)
Valentine S. Jayawickrema
Stanley Kalpage
[
17
]
S. R. Kanaganayagam
(1949–57), appointed,
UNP
/
ACTC
[
18
]
[
19
]
E. W. Kannangara
(1954–1959), elected
SLFP
M. D. Kitchilan
(1965–1971), appointed
[
8
]
[
20
]
John Kotelawala
,
UNP
Justin Kotelawala
(1947–1954), elected,
UNP
Dr R. B. Lenora
M. Manickam
,
ITAK
[
21
]
[
22
]
Mohamed Macan Markar
(1947–1952), appointed
S. M. H. Mashoor
(1965–1971), elected
[
8
]
Adeline Molamure
(1947–), elected
S. Z. Mashoor Moulana
(1967), elected
[
8
]
S. Nadarajah
(1965–71),
ACTC
[
23
]
[
24
]
S. Nadesan
(1947–71)
[
25
]
[
26
]
S. Natesan
(Subaiya Nadesapillai)
[
27
]
Ponnambalam Nagalingam
(1951–57),
LSSP
[
28
]
E. M. V. Naganathan
(1947–), elected,
ACTC
/
ITAK
[
29
]
Jinadasa Niyathapala
, appointed 1960–1964
James Peter Obeyesekere III
Bertram Ivor Palipane
(1952–57), elected
[
30
]
Sangarapillai Pararajasingham
,
UNP
(1954–)
[
31
]
M. V. P Peiris
D. W. J. Perera
(1947–), elected
[
32
]
Reginald Perera
(1959–71),
MEP
[
33
]
D. M. Rajapaksa
Lalitha Rajapakse
(1947–), appointed
A. B. Rajendra
(1947–), appointed
[
34
]
Abeyratne Ratnayaka
Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe
(1947-), elected
Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe
(1955-), elected
Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik
(1947–1952), elected
[
8
]
Philip Rodrigo
Dr.
V. R. Schockman
(1947–), appointed
H. de Z. Siriwardena
(1952–), appointed
Seetha Seneviratne
(1967–)
Robert Singleton-Salmon
(1950–1951), appointed
Bennet Soysa
(1947–), elected
Peri Sundaram
(1947–), elected,
CIC
[
35
]
John Tarbat
(1947–), appointed
M. Tiruchelvam
(1965–71),
Federal Party
[
36
]
Heen Banda Udurawana
[
37
]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan
[
38
]
(1952–1956), appointed
Donatius Victoria
(1947–), appointed
A. F. Wijemanne
Sarath Wijesinghe
, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
Gerard Wijeyekoon
(1947-), appointed
Edwin Wijeyeratne
(1947–1951), appointed
E. B. Wikramanayake
G. P. Wickramarachchi
(1947–1960), appointed
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"
.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
.
46
(6):
357–
358. 1970.
ISSN
0035-8843
.
PMC
2387761
.
↑
"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)
. Archived from
the original
on 19 October 2012.
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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Jameel, S. H. M.; Azeez, M. Ali (2008).
"A. M. A. Azeez – Senate Speeches"
(PDF)
. Dr. A. M. A. Azeez Foundation. p.
xx.
↑
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.
↑
Gunawardena, Charles A. (Ed) (2005).
Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka
. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p.
89.
ISBN
9781932705485
.
↑
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)
. Archived from
the original
on 19 October 2012.
↑
"Sri Lankan Malays Fight For Parliament Representation"
.
Colombo Telegraph
. 1 March 2019
. Retrieved
7 March
2019
.
↑
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)
. Archived from
the original
on 20 February 2014
. Retrieved
13 July
2013
.
↑
"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)
. Archived from
the original
on 13 July 2013.
↑
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. Archived from
the original
on 11 June 2011.
↑
Arumugam 1997
, pp.
129–130.
↑
Fernando, Neville (17 October 2009).
"Remembering Senator D. W. J. Perera"
.
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
. Archived from
the original
on 29 June 2011.
↑
"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. Archived from
the original
on 23 July 2011.
↑
Jayatilaka, Tissa (14 February 2010).
"An early voice for integration"
.
Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
.
↑
Heen Banda Udurawana Diyawadana Nilame
Archived
19 October 2012 at the
Wayback Machine
. Daily News, Retrieved on 16 December 2002.
↑
Arumugam 1997
, pp.
238–239.
References
"CEYLON (CONSTITUTION) ORDER IN COUNCIL"
. LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original
on 16 July 2010.
"CEYLON (CONSTITUTION AND INDEPENDENCE) AMENDMENT"
. LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original
on 11 January 2013
. Retrieved
13 March
2020
.
"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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