Nanda Sydney Ellawala (13 November 1939 – 1994) was a
Ceylonese 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
Ratnapura electorate.
Early life and family
Born to Robert Sydney Ellawala and Mallika Kobbekaduwa of the
Radala
Radala refers to a small minority group in Sri Lanka in the former provinces of the Kingdom of Kandy, who are either descendants of chiefs and courtiers of the King of Kandy of Nayaks of Kandy or descendants of native headmen appointed by the ...
Ellawala family. A descended of
William Ellawala
William Ellawala (born 1834) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was the Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was appointed to the post of Rate Mahatmaya by the British Government of Ceylon.
Born to Banda from Sabaragamuw ...
, he was a cousin of
Sirimavo Bandaranaike who would become
Prime Minister of Ceylon
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president, w ...
.
Political career
Nanda Ellawala contested the Ratnapura electorate from the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the
1970 parliamentary elections winning against P.B. Wijesundara gaining 42,004 votes to 22,633 votes and entered parliament. He was defeated in the
1977 parliamentary elections by 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), ...
candidate
G. V. Punchinilame
G. V. Punchinilame was the 1st Chief Minister (Sri Lanka), Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa. He was appointed in April 1988 and was Chief Minister until April 1989. He was succeeded by Abeyratne Pilapitiya. His son is politician Susantha Punchinil ...
by 23,525 votes to 16,002 votes.
He was again re-elected to parliament from Ratnapura in the
1989 parliamentary elections and held the seat until his death in 1994, when it was succeeded by his son
Nalanda Ellawala who was elected to parliament in the
1994 parliamentary elections, who held the seat until his death in 1997.
Family
He married
Surangani Tennekoon. They had two children,
Nalanda Ellawala and Visaka Ellawala.
See also
*
List of political families in Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed
*A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Parl ...
References
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Sinhalese politicians
Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians
1939 births
1994 deaths
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