Wijesekara Sumanapala Dahanayake (born 4 February 1929, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan politician who was the member of the
Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
representing the
Deniyaya electorate. He was a member of the
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP).
Dahanayake contested the
March 1960 general election from the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party from
Deniyaya
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, but came third. He was successful in the
July 1960 general election and was elected to parliament. He was again elected to parliament in the
1970 general election. He was the President of the Morawaka Cooperative Union, which manufactured crayons under the brand CoopCrayon during the 1970s. He was wounded in April 1971, during the
1971 JVP insurrection when he and Major Wettasinghe attempted to lead an army expedition into rebel held areas outside Matara.
His son
Wijaya was also elected to parliament, representing
Matara and served as
Deputy Minister of
Public Administration
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and
Home Affairs
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Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
* Ministr ...
. Dahanayake is deceased.
References
1929 births
Year of death missing
Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon
Lanka Sama Samaja Party politicians
United People's Freedom Alliance politicians
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