Don Daniel Athulathmudali (23 February 1901 – 10 November 1958) was a

Ceylonese Sri Lankan or Ceylonese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Sri Lanka * A person from Sri Lanka, see Demographics of Sri Lanka ** Sinhalese people, the ethnic majority ** Sri Lankan Tamils, an ethnic minority ** Sri L ...

lawyer and politician. Don Daniel Athulathmudali was born on 23 February 1901 in Pasdun

Korale A Korale or Corale was formerly a revenue district in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). During the British colonial administration, a low country korale was under the purview of a Mudaliyar while an upcountry korale came under the purview of a post that was i ...

to Don William Athulathmudali and Wijayagunawardena. He was educated at

Ananda College ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...

and studied law in England and was called to the English bar in 1926. He was elected to the

State Council of Ceylon The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It r ...

from

Matugama Mathugama ( si, මතුගම, ta, மத்துகம) is a semi urban town surrounded by mountains. It is an electorate of the Kalutara district, in Western Province, Sri Lanka. The town is located to the south of Colombo. Mathugama is ...

on 19 June 1931 and served until 7 December 1935. At the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, he contested the seat of

Agalawatte Agalawatta is a town in Kalutara District of Sri Lanka, and is an electoral division. History Agalawatta is part of the ''Pasdun Rata'' ( si, පස්දුන් රට), which is also known as ''Pasdun Korale'' ( si, පස්දුන් ...

, representing the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

. He was unsuccessful losing by 779 votes to the

Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP (Literal translation, literally: Lanka Socialist Party, Sinhalese language, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil language, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமா� ...

candidate,

S. A. Silva Sampathawaduge Stephen Anthony Silva (6 July 1896 – ?) was a Ceylonese politician. Silva was elected to parliament at the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Pa ...

. His eldest son,

Lalith Lalith may refer to * Lalith Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician * Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan politician * Babu M.R. Lalith, Indian chess player * Lalith Wijerathna, Sri Lankan politician * Lalith Kaluperuma, Sri Lankan cricketer * Lalith ...

, went on to become a prominent politician in Sri Lanka in the 1980s, firstly as the member for

Ratmalana Ratmalana is a suburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is inside the administration boundary of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council. Ratmalana is situated 14.6 km south of Colombo city centre. Ratmalana Airport locat ...

(1977-1989) and then as the member for

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

(1989-1993). His daughter, Sujaee, worked as a doctor in the United Kingdom, while his youngest son, Dayanthe, was an aviation engineer, who served as the country's Director of Civil Aviation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athulathmudali, D. D. 1901 births 1958 deaths Alumni of Ananda College Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon Sinhalese people Sri Lankan lawyers United National Party politicians People from British Ceylon