T. F. Jayawardena

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Hon. Major

Theodore Frederick Jayawardena
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Colombo South
In office
November 1948 February 1956
Preceded by R. A. de Mel
Succeeded by Bernard Soysa
Personal details
Born(1911-03-25)25 March 1911
Nationality Ceylonese
Political party United National Party
Professionpolitician
Military service
Branch/service Ceylon Defence Force
Rank Major
Unit Ceylon Light Infantry
Battles/wars World War II

Major Theodore Frederick "Freddy" Jayewardene (25 March 1911 ?) was a Ceylonese politician. [1]

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

A rural sociologist, he served in the Ceylon Light Infantry, a reservist regiment of the Ceylon Defence Force reaching the rank of Major.

Ceylon Defence Force (CDF) was established in 1910 by the Ceylonese legislation Ceylon Defence Force Ordinance, which reformed the Ceylon Volunteer Force (CVF) that existed previously as the military reserve in the British Crown colony of Ceylon. At the time of forming it was only a reserve force but soon developed into a regular force responsible for the defence of Ceylon. The CDF was under the command of the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon of the British Army in Ceylon if mobilized. However mobilization could be carried out only under orders from the Governor.

Jayawardena was first elected to parliament in 1948, as a result of a by-election in the Colombo South electorate in November that year, following the dismissal of the sitting member, Reginald Abraham de Mel. [2] He represented the United National Party and secured 5,997 votes (39% of the total vote). [3] Jayawardena was re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, where he received 10,918 votes (59% of the total vote) and 5,180 votes clear of his nearest rival. [4] Jayawardena was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Labour in the First Dudley Senanayake cabinet. [5] [6]

Parliament of Sri Lanka

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Colombo South electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the city of Colombo in Colombo District, Western Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was split into Colombo East and Colombo West electoral districts in July 1977.

Reginald Abraham de Mel was a Ceylonese politician.

He was the son of Colonel T. G. Jayewardene and Lena Attygalle. His cousin J R Jayewardene became the President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene married Philis Gunesekera, their daughter Thileka Jayewardene married Cecil Waidyaratne who became a General and Commander of the Sri Lankan Army.

Colonel is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks. However, in some small military forces, such as those of Monaco or the Vatican, colonel is the highest rank. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.

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General Cecil Waidyaratne, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC was a Sri Lankan general. He was 12th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand.

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References

  1. "Hon. Jayewardene, Theodore Frederick, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. "He gave of his best, but died a disillusioned man". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 28 May 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. "Results of the Parliament By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016.
  5. Ceylon Year Book 1951 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 27–28.
  6. He gave of his best, but died a disillusioned man