Sepala William Daineris Rathnayke (5 December 1901 - 26 January 1986) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n politician. Ratnayke was elected to the

Parliament of Ceylon The Parliament of Ceylon was the legislative body of British Ceylon & Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution, prior to independence on 4 February 1948. Parliament replaced the State Council of Ceylon. ...

at the 3rd parliamentary election in 1956, representing the Deniyaya electorate, defeating the sitting member,

V. G. W. Ratnayake Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake Order of the British Empire, MBE (10 August 1908 – 10 April 1994) was a Sri Lankan tea planter and politician. Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake was born on 10 August 1908, at Pallegama Deniyaya, the eldest ...

, by 5,460 votes.

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1901 births 1986 deaths Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon {{SouthernLK-politician-stub