Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi ( si, ධර්මදාස වන්නිආරච්චි) (08 June 1921 - 5 October 2007) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the seventh Governor of the
North Western Province of Sri Lanka and a former member of the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Born Wanni Arachchilage Dharmadasa, he was elected to the
Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
from
Pelmadulla representing the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka ...
in a
by election in 1965 succeeding
W. A. Karunasena. He was re-elected in the
1970 general election and was appointed Deputy Minister of State Enterprises and Scientific Affairs in the
Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike government. He lost his seat in the
1977 general election. He was elected in the
2000 general election and was appointed Governor of the North Western Province in 2004.
Pavithra Wanniarachchi
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi ( si, පවිත්රා දේවි වන්නිආරච්චි) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. The current Minister of Transport, she is a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District.
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was his daughter. Wanniarachchi died on 5 October 2007 at the age of 87.
References
2007 deaths
Governors of North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Sinhalese politicians
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Year of birth missing
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