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Moratuwa Electoral District
Moratuwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Moratuwa in Colombo District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...s. Moratuwa electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Moratuwa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district. Members of Parliament Key Elections 1947 Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusala Abhayavardhana
Kusala Vichitra Abhayavardhana (née Fernando) (1 November 1920 – 1988) was a Sri Lankan social worker. She was the co-founder of the Civil Service International in Sri Lanka, founding secretary International Women’s Year Sri Lanka and national chair of the Women in Peace in Sri Lanka. She was a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1977. Early life and education Born Warusahennedige Kusala Vichitra Mututantri on 1 November 1920, to a wealthy family in Thimbirigasyaya, Colombo. Her father Warusahennedige Daniel Fernando, OBE worked in the Finger Print Bureau of the Criminal Investigation Department at Hulftsdorp, later becoming a successful businessmen with close ties to Sir Oliver Goonetilleke. He was the founder and a director of United Imports, United Motors, United Tractor Equipment, and was awarded a MBE in the 1950 Birthday Honours for public and charitable services and an OBE in the 1952 New Year Honours for charitable and commercial services. Her mother was Kankana Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Ceylonese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department of Parliamentary Elections before its merger in 1955. Background Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake died in March 1952, and was succeeded by his son, Dudley. The national wave of mourning for Ceylon's first prime minister greatly boosted the UNP's fortunes. The 1952 election was the first contested by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which had broken away from the UNP on a platform of Sinhala nationalism, and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party), which split from the All Ceylon Tamil Congress over joining the UNP government. Results Because the estate Tamils had been stripped of their citizenship by the Senanayake government, the Ceylon Indian Congress, which most of them had supported, was eliminated from Parliament and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party lost seats. The UNP won a majority, mainly at the cost of the CIC and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Sri Lanka
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, ''Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya'' ta, இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, translit=Ilankai Komyunist Katche) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. History The CPSL was founded as the Communist Party of Ceylon in 1943 and was a continuation of the United Socialist Party. The USP had been formed out of the Marxist–Leninist wing of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. The USP was proscribed by the colonial authorities. The USP and then the CPC was initially led by Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe. In 1952 Wickremesinghe's wife, the English-born Doreen Young Wickremasinghe, a former leader of the Suriya-Mal Movement, was elected to the Sri Lankan parliament. In 1963 the Communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Fernando
Weerahennedige Theodore Wilfred Meryl Fernando (18 April 1923 – 27 May 2007) was a Ceylonese teacher, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Fernando was born on 18 April 1923. He was educated at Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa. After school he joined Ceylon University College in 1941, passing the London intermediate examination in 1944. Later he studied at the Teacher Training College in Maharagama and qualified as a teacher. Fernando was married twice - to Christobel and Wimala. He had two children - Sharmalie Nimalka Nagle and Arosha. Career Fernando became involved in politics whilst at university and in 1944 dropped out of university to work full-time for the Ceylonese branch of the Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI). He met Edmund Samarakkody, with whom he would be politically associated with for most of his life, whilst working for the BLPI. After World War II Fernando organised labour at the Elephant m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson Fernando
Watson Fernando was a Sri Lankan communist politician and trade unionist.''Daily News''. ' He served as president of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist), Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing) and was a member of the Moratuwa Municipal Council. Early political and labour activism Fernando worked as mercantile clerk. He rose to become a district-level leader of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Communist Party. In the first 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election, parliamentary election of 1947 he contested the Moratuwa Electoral District seat. He obtained 722 votes (2.58%). He was a leader during the Hartal 1953, Hartal of 1953. As of 1958 he served as Vice President of the All Ceylon Toddy Workers' Union (CTUF affiliate, with M. G. Mendis, M.G. Mendis as President). He again contested the Morutuwa seat in the March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election, March 1960 parliamentary election, obtaining 1,091 votes (4.49%). Sino-Soviet split Fernando became president of the Ceylon Trade Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyronne Fernando
Tyronne Fernando PC ( Sinhala:ටිරොන් ෆර්නැන්ඩො) (8 August 1941 – 26 February 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as foreign minister from 2001 until 2004. Early life and education Fernando was born on 8 August 1941. Fernando was a relation of Puran Appu. He attended Royal College, Colombo, and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and earned his MA in political science at Keble College, Oxford. At Oxford he was the first Asian to be the chairman of the Labour Club. He also gained a diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism. He entered Gray's Inn, London and was called to the Bar of England and Wales, as a barrister. Legal career Returning to Ceylon, he became an advocate and started his legal practice in the unofficial bar. He then joined the Attorney-General's Department and worked as a Crown Counsel for period of ten years, before reverting to the unofficial bar and building a practice in criminal law for anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 July 1977. The result was a landslide victory for the United National Party, which won 140 of the 168 seats in the National State Assembly. Background Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike had become extraordinarily unpopular. Her economic policies had led to industrial growth and self-reliance, but were insufficient to overcome unemployment. Constitutionally, she had taken advantage of the 1972 constitution to delay the election until 1977, instead of 1975 as would have been the case under the old Soulbury constitution. The government's strong Sinhala nationalist stance had led to unrest in the Tamil north; in response, an island-wide state of emergency was imposed, causing hardship to many people. The UF coalition Bandaranaike had built for the 1970 elections had disintegrated. By contrast, the United National Party had made a surprising comeback since its 1970 humiliation. Under the leadership of J.R. Jayewardene it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimalasiri De Mel
Wimalasiri De Mel (1926 - 2010) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician. He was a member of parliament from Moratuwa. De Mel was engaged in social service from a young age. He became the secretary of a Society formed by Senator Sam P. C. Fernando. He contested and was elected to the Moratuwa Urbarn Council from the United Socialist Front and played an active role in the 1953 Ceylonese Hartal. A long standing member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, he served as its general secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived .... He contested the 1970 general election from the LSSP and was elected from the Moratuwa electorate. He unsuccessfully contested the 1977 general election from Moratuwa. He died on 31 October 2010 and his body was donated to the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Ceylonese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1970. Background SLFP leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike had come to the conclusion that her party's best hope of power was forming a permanent alliance with Ceylon's Marxist parties. She assembled the SLFP, the Trotskyist LSSP, and the Communists into the United Front coalition. The UF's platform was called the ''Common Programme''; it featured extensive nationalization, a non-aligned foreign policy, expanded social programmes, and replacement of the British-imposed, monarchical Soulbury constitution with a republican constitution. The UNP government of Dudley Senanayake had not made much headway with Ceylon's twin problems of inflation and unemployment, nor had it attempted solving the linked problems of feudal property relations and adverse terms of trade by agrarian reform and industrialisation. The UNP had become widely perceived as a party of the rich, out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people. The UF's socialist platfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Ceylonese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in March 1965. Background The SLFP government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike lost its majority in December 1964 when some MPs deserted it over the nationalization of Lakehouse Newspapers. Bandaranaike's program of extensive nationalization had alarmed many of the island's business interests, which rallied to the United National Party. The economy had been stagnant, and rationing had been imposed in the face of persistent food shortages. The UNP promised to form a ''National Front'' government to oppose the SLFP and its Marxist allies. UNP leader Dudley Senanayake promised cabinet posts both to the small Sinhala nationalist parties and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party). Results The UNP did not obtain a majority, but was able to govern as a National Front with the ITAK's support. Notes References * * * * * {{Sri Lankan elections Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 1960 Ceylonese Parliamentary Election
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in July 1960. Background The March 1960 election had left neither of Ceylon's two major parties with a majority, so another election was inevitable. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which had been in disarray since the murder of its leader S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike the previous year, settled on his widow, Sirimavo, as its new leader. She pledged to continue her husband's policies, notably the Sinhala Only Act, and to proceed with repatriation of the estate Tamils to India. However, she promised to reach a compromise with the Federal Party. The United National Party, led by Dudley Senanayake, refused to compromise with the Federal Party. It also differed with the SLFP over economic policy. The SLFP called for a socialist program of nationalization of both private enterprises and religious schools; the UNP preferred to leave both in private hands. Results The SLFP obtained a bare majority, despite getting a lower share of the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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