M. P. de Zoysa | |
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Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Ambalangoda-Balapitiya | |
In office 1956–1960 | |
Preceded by | Ian de Zoysa/P. H. de Silva |
Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
Member of Parliament for Rathgama | |
In office 1960–1965 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Established |
Succeeded by | Edwin Tillekeratne |
Personal details | |
Born | Manameldura Piyadasa de Zoysa 1910 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Children | Suneththa,Sriya,Susil,Upul,Gowri,Sujeema |
Alma mater | Ananda College,Colombo |
Occupation | Politics |
Manameldura Piyadasa de Zoysa (born 1910) was a Ceylonese politician. [1]
De Zoysa was involved in Sri Lankan politics before the country's independence and was associated with the State Council of Ceylon established under the Donoughmore Constitution. [2]
In 1956 he was elected to Parliament from Ambalangoda-Balapitiya,representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna party. [3] In 1959 he was appointed the Minister of Labour in the cabinet of W. Dahanayake. [4] [5]
At the Parliamentary elections in March 1960 he was elected from the Rathgama electoral district, [6] retaining the seat in the subsequent elections in July that year. [7] De Zoysa resigned from the seat in late 1960 following his implication in the Thalagodapitiya Bribery Commission report. He later accepted a position in the Senate of Ceylon,replacing G. P. Wickramarachchi. [8] [9]
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