Seneviratne Mudiyanselage Justin Arthur Rambukpota (1 January 1891 – 3 March 1955) was a Ceylonese politician. Rambukpota's older brother,

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(1894 ?), was a

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of the

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and in 1931 was elected unopposed as the member of the

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for

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. He received his education at Uva College,

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and the Government School of Agriculture at Gannoruwa Peradeniya, where he was one of the first batch of students qualifying as an Agricultural Instructor. Rambukpota officiated as a member of the Agricultural Board and was the chairman of the Badulla District Paddy Growers Association. By 1919 he was officiating as the

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of Wellawassa and

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. In March 1944 Rambukpota ran for a seat on the State Council but was defeated by S. A. Peeris, he ran again in October but was defeated by W. Dahanayake. At the 1st parliamentary election, held on 16 September 1947, Rambukpota contested the Haputale electorate, as the

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candidate. He narrowly won by 371 votes, with the other three Tamil candidates equally sharing the electorate's predominantly Tamil votes. Rambukpota went on to contest the seat of

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at the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, where he polled 50.94% of the total vote, 2,780 votes ahead of his nearest rival. Rambukpota died whilst still in office on 3 March 1955.

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