Mary Kamala Gunaseelan

Honourable Mary Kamala Gunaseelan MPC
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Bonus Seat
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 2013
Personal details
Political party	Tamil United Liberation Front
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Alliance
Profession	Teacher
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Mary Kamala Gunaseelan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.

Gunaseelan was vice-principal of Arasaratnam Vidyalayam. ^[1]

Gunaseelan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District but failed to get elected. ^{[2] [3]} She was nevertheless appointed to the Northern Provincial Council as one of the TNA's two bonus seats. ^{[4] [5]} After the election she was appointed to assist the Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports on libraries, museums and cultural matters. ^[6] She took her oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (25 September 2013). "TNA Struggling to Finalise Selection of Four Provincial Ministers, Council Chairman and one bonus seat for North". dbsjeyaraj.com.
2. "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1822/06. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
3. Bastians, Dharisha (30 September 2013). "TNA names councillors for bonus seats". Daily FT . Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
4. "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 61A(2)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1830/13. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014.
5. "TNA Spokesperson says selections made for bonus seats". News First . 29 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
6. "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet . 11 October 2013.
7. "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet . 11 October 2013.
8. "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.