Sir Pattiyapathirennehelage Albert Fredrick Peries,

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(12 May 1905 – 21 September 1967) was the

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. Serving as Deputy Speaker Peries first became Speaker with the sudden death of Francis Molamure, who collapsed and died while presiding over the session. Peries attended

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where he was a keen sportsman. He entered the Ceylon Law College and qualified as a

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and a notary public. He was elected to the seat of

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in the 1947 parliamentary election and was re-elected in the 1952, 1960 (March and July), 1965 and died in office in 1967. He only lost the 1956 parliamentary election to Hugh Fernando. Peries was appointed a

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in the

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during his first tenure as Speaker. The Sir Albert F. Peiris Sports Complex in Wennappuwa is named after him.

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