R. B. Kadramer | |
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Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Batticaloa | |
In office 1952–1956 | |
Preceded by | Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe |
Succeeded by | C. Rajadurai |
Personal details | |
Died | 1963 |
Political party | Independent politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Robert Bruce Kadramer (? - 1963) was a Ceylonese politician. [1]
At the 1st parliamentary election,held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947,Kadramer contested the Batticaloa electorate as an Independent. He received 2,313 votes (17% of the total votes) but lost to the United National Party candidate,Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe who polled 4,740 votes (35% of the total vote). [2]
In September 1950 the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) established a branch in Batticaloa,with Kadramer elected as the branch president. [3]
He ran again at the 2nd parliamentary election,held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952,again as an Independent and this time was successful,obtaining 11,420 votes (59% of the total vote) defeating the sitting member,Lebbe,by 3,460 votes. [4] Kadramer,although a Tamil,publicly questioned the creation of a separate Tamil state arguing that there was no geographic contiguity between the Tamil areas of the east and north. [5] [6]
In 1956,when the Federal Party competed for the first time in the electorate,Kadramer adopted the party label of the Batticaloa Tamil Speakers Front (BTSF). [7] He was unable to retain his seat at the subsequent 3rd parliamentary election,losing to the Illanki Tamil Arasu Kachi (Federal Party) candidate,C. Rajadurai,by 8,004 votes. [8]
Kadramer died in 1963. [9]
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