The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and was dissolved on 4 July 1947.

Election

The 2nd state council election was held between 22 February and 7 March 1936 in 43 of the 50 constituencies. The remaining seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote. The new state council met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and elected

Waithilingam Duraiswamy Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy ( ta, வைத்திலிங்கம் துரைசுவாமி; 8 June 1874 – 12 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and speaker of the State Council of Ceylon. Early life and family ...

, Susantha de Fonseka and

R. S. Tennekoon Roland Stephen Tennekoon was an elected member of both the 1st and 2nd State Councils of Ceylon. Roland Stephen Tennekoon attended Trinity College, Kandy, where in 1904 he was awarded Ryde Gold Medal, as the "best all-round boy" at the school. ...

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Deputy Chairman of Committees respectively.

Deaths, resignations and removals

* September 1937 – A. E. Rajapakse (Negombo) died. C. E. P. de Silva won the by-election held on 15 January 1938. * May 1938 – S. O. Canagaratnam (Batticaloa South) died. S. Dharmaretnam won the by-election held in September 1938. * October 1939 – Neil Hewavitarne (Udugama) died.

Simon Abeywickrema Simon Abeywickrema (1903 - 2 May 1948) was a Sri Lankan politician. Simon Abeywickrema was born in 1903 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College (Sri Lanka), Richmond College and St. Aloysius' College (Galle), St. Aloysious' C ...

won the by-election held 9 March 1940. * September 1940 –

Charles Batuwantudawe Charles de Silva Batuwantudawe (28 November 1877 - 13 September 1940) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Charles Batuwantudawe was born in Colombo on 28 November 1877 the son of Pandit Don Andries de Silva Batuwantudawe. He received his edu ...

(Kalutara) died. Upali Batuwantudawe won the by-election held 21 December 1940. * January 1941 – Naysum Saravanamuttu (Colombo North) died.

George R. de Silva George Reginald de Silva (8 August 1898–28 July 1968) was a Ceylonese politician. De Silva was elected as the member for Ratnapura on State Council of Ceylon, upon the death of his uncle, A. H. E. Molamure. In January 1943 he was elected a ...

won the by-election. * February 1942 – W. A. de Silva (Matara) resigned from office.

Thomas Amarasuriya Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE (17 June 1907 – 5 May 1979) was a Ceylonese planter and politician. He was a member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon. He was the first Ceylonese Chairman of the Planters Association a ...

won the by-election held in March 1942. * February 1942 – C. E. P. de Silva (Negombo) died. H. de Z. Siriwardena won the by-election. * July 1942 –

Philip Gunawardena Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the first political party in Ceylon which was known for having introduced Trotskyi ...

(Avissawella) vacated office following his escape from detention to India.

Bernard Jayasuriya Bernard Jayasuriya was a Ceylonese businessman and politician. Bernard Jayasuriya was the son of D. C. D. Jayasuriya, a rubber plantation and graphite mine owner. He received his education at S. Thomas College and St. Joseph's College, Colombo, ...

won the by-election held 28 February 1943. * May 1943 –

D. D. Gunasekera Daniel Dias Gunasekera was a Ceylonese businessman and politician. Gunasekera was elected to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon representing Bandarawela on 22 February 1936, where he sat on the Executive Committee of Health. In April 1943 the Bribe ...

(Bandarawela) resigned from office. J. G. Rajakulendran won the by-election held in October 1943. * May 1943 – R. Sri Pathmanathan (Mannar-Mullaitivu) died. Gnanamuthu Isaac won the by-election on 28 August 1943. At the

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

held in May 1944 Jeganathan Tyagarajah was elected. * June 1943 – E. W. Abeygunasekera (Nuwara Eliya) resigned. M. D. Banda won the by-election held in October 1943. * June 1943 –

H. A. Goonesekera Henry Abeywickrema Goonesekera was a Ceylonese politician, who was a member of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon. Goonesekera was adopted as child by the Sirimavo_Bandaranaike#Early_life_(1916–1940), Mahawelatenne family and as they had no male ...

(Balangoda) resigned.

Alexander Francis Molamure Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, (7 February 1888 – 25 January 1951) (commonly known as Sir Francis Molamure or A. F. Molamure) was a Ceylonese politician. He became the first speaker of both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Ceyl ...

won the by-election held in October 1943. * June 1943 –

E. R. Tambimuttu Emmanuel Rasanayagam Tambimuttu ( ta, இம்மானுவேல் ராசநாயகம் தம்பிமுத்து, translit=Im'māṉuvēl Rācanāyakam Tampimuttu; born c1890) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member ...

(Trincomalee-Batticaloa) dismissed. V. Nalliah won the by-election. * July 1943 – J. H. Ilangantileke (Puttalam) died. U. B. Wanninayake won the by-election held on 27 November 1943. * October 1943 – G. C. Rambukpotha (Bibile) died.

Wijeyananda Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake ( si, විජයානන්ද දහනායක ta, விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா; 22 October 1902 – 4 May 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Ceylon from Septe ...

won the by-election in 1944 * August 1944 –

Siripala Samarakkody Siripala Samarakkody (1907 – 22 August 1944) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Early life and education Samarakkody was born in 1907, the eldest of seven children to Charles Peter Augustus de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody and Anne Catha ...

(Narammala) died.

Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (4 November 1911 – 22 December 1970; popularly known as R.G. Senanayake) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was Minister of Trade and Commerce during the period 1952-56 and 1956-60. He was elected a Member of Parliame ...

won the by-election. * April 1945 –

H. R. Freeman Herbert Rayner Freeman (6 March 1864 - April 1945) was an English born Ceylonese public servant and politician. Herbert Rayner Freeman was born in Suffolk, England on 6 March 1864, was educated at Marlborough College, England (between 1878 and 18 ...

(Anuradhapura) died. P. B. Bulankulame won the by-election. * May 1945 – D. M. Rajapaksa (Hambantota) died. D. A. Rajapaksa won the by-election. * October 1946 –

R. C. Kannangara Richard Charles Kannangara (15 June 1920 - 14 October 1946) was a Ceylonese tea plantation owner and politician. On 3 March 1936 Kannangara was elected to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon representing Morawaka. Kannangara defeated the sitting membe ...

(Morawaka) died.

S. A. Wickramasinghe Dr. Sugiswara Abeywardena Wickramasinghe (13 April 1900 – 25 August 1981) was the founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. He was the first Leftist to be elected to Ceylon State Council in 1931. He gave up all his wealth and comforts ...

won the by-election.

Members

References

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