Merril de Silva was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
from the
Minneriya district from 1977 to 1989. He unsuccessfully contested the
Polonnaruwa district
Polonnaruwa District ( si, පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්රික්කය; ta, பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of ...
in the 1970 general elections 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), ...
, but was successful in the 1977 general elections from the Minneriya district. He was the brother of
C. P. de Silva
Charles Percival de Silva (16 April 1912 – 9 October 1972) was a leading Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He had served as the Minister of Finance, Minister of Lands, Land Development and Agriculture; and Minister of Power and Ir ...
and
A. H. de Silva, as well as the cousin of
Colvin R. de Silva.
References
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Ceylonese proctors
United National Party politicians
Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Date of death missing