Luisa, Lady Naysum Saravanamuttu ( Arunachalam; 1897 - 19 January 1941) was a

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politician. She was the second female member of

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and the second elected female legislator in Sri Lanka. She was married to Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu a

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and

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, who in 1931, was elected to the first

representing Colombo North. Her husband was removed from the State Council after he was found guilty of corrupt practices by an election Judge. Naysum became the second female member of the State Council in 1931, when she won her husband's seat in a by-election.LATEEF v. SARAVANAMUTTU.
/ref> She was re-elected to the second State Council in 1936 and retained the position until her death in January 1941.

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1897 births 1941 deaths Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon Women legislators in Sri Lanka People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka 20th-century Sri Lankan women politicians Wives of knights {{WesternLK-politician-stub

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