Henry Edmund Wijesuriya (21 June 1919 – 3 October 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician who was a Member of Parliament from

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, and President of the All Ceylon Co-operative Federation. Wijesuriya was elected from the Maskeliya electorate from 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� ...

(SLFP) in the 1960 July general election defeating the incumbent Donald J. Ranaweera from the

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. He was one of thirteen SLFP parliamentarians who crossed over to the opposition with

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on 3 December 1964 resulting in the defeat of the SLFP government under

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. He contested the 1965 general election from 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), ...

and won, but lost his seat in the 1970 general election. Wijesuriya died on 3 October 2006, at the age of 87.

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1919 births 2006 deaths Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon People from British Ceylon {{CentralLK-politician-stub