Wijayabahu Wijayasinha (30 May 1916 – 19??) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the member of
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 ...
from
Mirigama
Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) ( si, මීරිගම; ta, மீரிகம) is a town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located from Colombo, and from Negombo.
Mirigama is the hometown of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister, D. S. Sen ...
representing the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka ...
.
He was elected to parliament from
Ampara
Ampara ( si, අම්පාර, ta, அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa.
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in the
March 1960 general election and from Mirigama in the
July 1960 general election defeating
W. D. Senanayake. He crossed over to the opposition with
C. P. de Silva
Charles Percival de Silva (16 April 1912 – 9 October 1972) was a leading Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He had served as the Minister of Finance, Minister of Lands, Land Development and Agriculture; and Minister of Power and Ir ...
in December 1964. He lost is seat in the
1965 general election to
Siva Obeyesekere
Deshamanya Sivagami Verina "Siva" Obeyesekere (Sivagami; ''née'' Dassenaike; 7 May 1929 – 23 December 2017) was the Cabinet Minister of Health (1976-1977) and a Member of Parliament from Mirigama. She is known as the founder of the ''Lak ...
of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party when he contested from the
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party.
References
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1916 births
Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon
Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians