Simon Abeywickrema (1903 - 2 May 1948) was a Sri Lankan politician. Simon Abeywickrema was born in 1903 in

Baddegama Baddegama is a main town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Baddegama is accessible from the Southern Expressway, and is located from the Baddegama Expressway Inter Exchange and from Colombo. The main livelihood for the town wa ...

and received his education at Richmond College and St. Aloysious' College in

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

. Abeywickrema unsuccessfully contested for the

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, in the

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electorate, at the

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and 1936 elections but was subsequently elected in a 1938 by-election. When 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), ...

was formed in 1946, he was selected as the party's vice president. Abeywickrema was elected, representing

, at the 1st parliamentary election in 1947. He served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the

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in the

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. Abeywickrema died in office on 2 May 1948. In the subsequent July by-election his younger brother,

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, unsuccessfully contested the seat of Baddegama, losing to

H. W. Amarasuriya Henry Woodward Amarasuriya (14 October 1904 – 6 March 1981) was a Ceylonese plantation owner, politician, educationist and philanthropist. He was the Cabinet Minister for Trade and Commerce in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. A former member ...

. Abeywickrema was recognised with the naming of Simon Abeywickrema Avenue, a road in

Mount Lavinia Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( si, දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, translit=Dehivala-Galkissa; ta, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, translit=Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai), population 245,974 (2012) is the largest suburb of the City of ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abeywickrema, Simon 1903 births 1948 deaths Parliamentary secretaries of Ceylon Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon United National Party politicians