The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the

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Ceylon 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 ...

(now

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 ...

) established in 1833, along with the

Executive Council of Ceylon The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon in March ...

, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of representative government in the island. The 1931

Donoughmore Constitution The Donoughmore Constitution ( si, ඩොනමෝර් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව, translit=Ḍonamōr Āṇḍukrama Vyavasthāva; ta, டொனமூர் அரசியலமைப்பு, translit=Ṭo ...

replaced the Legislative Council with the

State Council of Ceylon The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It r ...

. Members of the Legislative Council, used the

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, MLC.

History

Introduction

In 1833 the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission created the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first step in representative government in

British Ceylon British Ceylon ( si, බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between ...

. Initially the Legislative Council consisted of 16 members: the British Governor, the five appointed members of the

(the Colonial Secretary, the

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, the

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, the Treasurer and the General Officer Commanding), four other government officials (including the

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of the Western and Central provinces) and six appointed unofficial members (three Europeans, one

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, one

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and one

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). The unofficial members had no right to initiate legislation; they could only contribute to discussion. This was the first step towards giving the people of the country a voice in its administration. However, in 1860 the member of the Legislative Council were given the right to introduce legislation which did not deal with the financial matters. In 1889 the number of appointed unofficial members was increased to eight (three Europeans, one Low Country Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, one

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

and one Burgher).

McCallum Reforms

The Legislative Council was reformed in 1910 by the ''McCallum Reforms''. Membership was increased from 18 to 21, of which 11 were official and 10 were unofficial. Of the non-official members, six were appointed by the governor (two Low Country Sinhalese, two Tamils, one Kandyan Sinhalese and one Muslim) and the remaining four were elected (two Europeans, one Burgher and one educated Ceylonese). The most notable aspect of the ''McCallum Reforms'' was the introduction of elected members. However, fewer than 3,000 people could vote, as the right to vote was based on education and assets held. One of the four elected non-official members was

Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், translit=Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General o ...

. The financial committee was also established to control the revenue. It included the Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Revenue Controller and all the non-official elected members. These changes did not satisfy the Ceylonese, and the movement for constitutional reforms grew.

First Manning Reforms

Further reforms were enacted in 1920 by the ''First Manning Reforms''. Membership was increased from 21 to 37, of which 14 were official and 23 were unofficial. Of the non-official members, four were appointed by the governor (two Kandyan Sinhalese, one Muslim and one

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) and the remaining 19 were elected (11 on a territorial basis, five Europeans, two Burghers and one Chamber of Commerce). A notable change was the introduction of territorial constituencies. Of the 11 territorial constituencies, three were from the

Western Province Western Province or West Province may refer to: *Western Province, Cameroon *Western Province, Rwanda *Western Province (Kenya) *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Western Province (Solomon Islands) *Western Province, Sri Lanka *Western Provinc ...

and one each from the other eight provinces. Three non-official members were elected to the Executive Council. Yet again the Ceylonese were not satisfied and requested more change.

Second Manning Reforms

The ''Second Manning Reforms'' of 1923 increased membership from 37 to 49, of which 12 were official and 37 were unofficial. Of the non-official members, eight were appointed by the governor (three Muslim, two Indian Tamils and three others) and the remaining 29 were elected (23 on a territorial basis, three Europeans, two Burghers, one Ceylon Tamil for the Western Province). The 23 territorial constituencies were distributed as follows: * Central Province 2 * Eastern Province 2 * Northern Province 5 * North Central Province 1 * North Western Province 2 *

Sabaragamuwa Province The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrati ...

2 * Southern Province 3 *

Uva Province Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...

1 *

5 The head of the Legislative Council had been the Governor, but the new reforms created the post of President of the Legislative Council, which was held by the Governor on a nominal basis, and the Vice President of the Legislative Council was elected, who was

James Peiris Sir James Peiris (20 December 1856 – 5 May 1930) was a prominent leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement, the first elected Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the first native Governor of Ceylon (Acting).

. Four non-official members were also selected to be part of the Executive Council.

Replacement

Due to the shortcomings of the ''Second Manning Reforms'' the

Donoughmore Commission The Donoughmore Commission (DC) was responsible for the creation of the Donoughmore Constitution in effect between 1931–47 in Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka). In 1931 there were approximately 12% Ceylonese Tamils, 12% Indian Tamils (migrant an ...

was sent to Ceylon. The Commission gained its name from the royal commission under the

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that came to Ceylon in 1927. Its recommendations led to Ceylon gaining limited self-government and the replacement of the Legislative Council with the

in 1931.

Members of the Legislative Council

Official members

* Sir

Ponnambalam Arunachalam Ponnambalam Arunachalam ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் அருணாசலம், translit=Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceyl ...

(1906-) * Harding Hay Cameron, Principal Collector of Customs (7 Mar 1900-) *

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, Surveyor General * George Lee, Acting Auditor General *

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, Government Agent, Western Province * H. F. Lockyer * C. J. MacCarthy, Colonial Secretary * Sir

(1924–30) * E. R. Power, Government Agent, Central Province * H. C. Selby *

Frederick Richard Saunders Sir Frederick Richard Saunders (7 July 1838 – 30 March 1910) was the Treasurer of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (1890–1897), Commissioner of Stamps, a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon, Executive and Legislative Council of Ceylon, L ...

, Acting Treasurer * Sir Graeme Tyrrell, Colonial Secretary * G. Vane, Acting Collector of Customs

Unofficial members

Burgher

* J. G. Hillebrand, appointed (1833-1843) * John Frederick Giffening, appointed (1843-1851) * Sir Richard Morgan, appointed (1851-1856) *

Charles Ambrose Lorensz Charles Ambrose Lorensz (1829–1871) was a lawyer, a journalist and a colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was a member of the Legislative Council. He is credited for initiating Sri Lankan journalism and was the founder and editor of the islan ...

, appointed (1856-1864) * James Adrianus Martensz, appointed (1865-1872) * Charles Ferdinands, appointed (1873-1875) * James Arthur Van Langenberg Sr., appointed (1876-1886) * Peter Daniel Anthonisz, appointed (1886-1894) * Henry Lorensz Wendt, appointed (1895–1900) * Frederick Charles Loos, appointed (1900-1911) * William Gregory van Dort, appointed (1911) *

James Van Langenberg James Arthur Van Langenberg KC (2 March 1866 – 30 April 1915) was the 5th Solicitor General of Ceylon. James Arthur Van Langenberg was born in Colombo on 2 March 1866, the second son of James Arthur Van Langenberg (1839–1886) Knight Commander ...

Jr., appointed (1911) * Hector William van Cuylenburg, elected (1911-1915) * Charles Van der Waal, elected (1916) * Allen Drieberg, elected * Arthur Alvis, elected (1912) * N. J. Martin, elected (1921-) * Herman Loos, elected (1924) * C. E. De Vos, elected (1924) * George Alfred Henry Wille, elected (1924-1931) * V. R. S. Schokman, elected (1931-?) * J. R. Weinman

Chamber of Commerce

* Henry de Mel, elected (1921-)

Planting member

* George Ackland (1846-?) *

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(1858–64) * Reginald Beauchamp Downall (1876-88) *

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(1882, 1884) * Giles F. Walker (1894-97) * J. N. Campbell * Edward Rosling (1902– 1913) *

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(1907-?) * Thomas North Christie

Educated Ceylonese

* Sir

, elected (1911–21) * Sir

, elected (1921–24)

European

* Giles F. Walker (1898 - 1902) * Thomas Lister Villiers (1924 - 1931)

Indian Tamil

* K. Natesa Iyer, elected (1924-) *

I. X. Pereira Dewan Bahadur Chevalier Ignatius Xavier Pereira (26 April 1888 – 21 July 1951) was a colonial-era Ceylonese businessman and politician. Ignatius Xavier Pereira was born on 21 July 1888 in Tuticorin, India, the eldest son of Francis Xavier Pe ...

, elected (1924–31)

Kandyan Sinhalese

Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I (known as Panabokke Dissawa) was a Ceylonese colonial-era legislator. He was the Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, a Police Magistrate for Kandy and acting Diyawadana Nilame. Panabokke along ...

(1889-1892) * Theodore Barcroft L. Moonemalle (1906-) *

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, (1892-1897) *

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(1921-1931) *

J. H. Meedeniya Meedeniye Rajakaruna Senanayaka Panditha Herath Wasala Kupuppu Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Punchi Banda John Henry Meedeniya (''known as J. H. Meedeniya Adigar '') (1867 - 1931) was a Ceylonese legislator and a headmen. He was the Kandyan Sinhalese m ...

Adigar (1921-1931)

Low Country Sinhalese

Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere (12 February 1848 – 13 October 1927) was Ceylonese lawyer and legislator. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (1900-1916). Early life and career Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere wa ...

, appointed (1889–1916) * Alfred Joseph Richard de Soysa, appointed (1911-)

Muslim (Moor)

* Muhammad Cassim Abdul Rahman, appointed (1889) * Wapchie Marikar Abdul Rahman, appointed (1900-1915) * Noordin Hadjiar Mohamed Abdul Cader, appointed (1917-1923), elected (1924-1931) *

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, elected (1924-1930) *

Mohamed Macan Markar Sir Hadji Mohamed Macan Markar (7 September 1877 – 10 May 1952) was a prominent Ceylonese colonial era legislator and businessmen. He was Minister of Home Affairs of the State Council, member of the Legislative Council and a Senator. Markar ...

, elected (1924-1931)

Sinhalese

J. G. Philipsz Panditaratne J. G. Philipsz Panditaratne was a Demographics of Sri Lanka, Ceylonese legislator. He was one of the first unofficial members appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the Sinhalese people, Sinhalese when it was formed in 1833 and ...

, appointed (1833-) * J. C. Dias Bandaranaike, appointed (-1861) *

Harry Dias Bandaranaike Justice Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike (22 August 1822 - 24 June 1901) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister and judge. He was the first Sinhalese and native acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was an Un ...

, appointed (1861-) * James Dehigama, appointed *

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, appointed (1864-) *

James Peter Obeyesekere I James Peter Obeyesekere I (????-1880) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the Sinhalese until his early death in 1880. James Peter Obeyesekere was born the eldest son of Don Ba ...

, appointed ( -1880) *

Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne was a Ceylonese legislator. He was an unofficial member appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the Sinhalese from 1881 to 1899, he was succeeded by Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere. Born somewher ...

, appointed (1881-1899) *

, appointed (1899-1916)

Tamil

A. Coomaraswamy Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy ( ta, ஆறுமுகம்பிள்ளை குமாரசுவாமி; 1783 – 7 November 1836) was a Ceylon Tamil member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was ...

, appointed (1833–36) *

Simon Casie Chetty Simon Casie Chetty ( ta, சைமன் காசிச் செட்டி, translit=Caimaṉ Kācic Ceṭṭi; 21 March 1807 – 5 November 1860) was a Ceylonese civil servant, author and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Ear ...

, appointed (1838–45) * V. Edirmannasingham, appointed (1846–61) *

Muthu Coomaraswamy Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy ( ta, முத்து குமாரசுவாமி; 23 January 1834 – 4 May 1879) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, writer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born o ...

, appointed (1862–79) *

P. Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, King's Counsel, KC ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், translit=Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 19 ...

, appointed (1879–92) *

P. Coomaraswamy Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (7 December 1849 – 7 June 1906) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born on 7 December 1849. He was the son of Gate Mudaliyar A. Ponnamb ...

, appointed (1892–98) *

W. G. Rockwood William Gabriel Rockwood ( ta, வில்லியம் கேப்ரியல் ரொக்வூட்; 13 March 1843 – 27 March 1909) was a Ceylon Tamil physician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and famil ...

, appointed (1898-06) * A. Kanagasabai, appointed (1906–19)

Territorial

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, Sabaragamuwa Province (1921-) * A. Canagaratnam, Northern Province South (1924-) *

Charles Edgar Corea Charles Edgar Corea was a politician and a prominent freedom fighter of Sri Lanka. Early life C.E.Corea was born in the west coast town of Chilaw, in Sri Lanka. His parents were Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a leading lawyer from Chila ...

, North Western Province (1921-1924) *

Victor Corea Charles Edward Victor Seneviratne Corea was born in Chilaw, Sri Lanka, on 29 January 1871 to Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a famous lawyer, and Henrietta Seneviratne. He was the youngest out of five children, three boys and two girls, Cha ...

, Western Province Colombo (1924-) *

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(1931-) *

Waithilingam Duraiswamy Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy ( ta, வைத்திலிங்கம் துரைசுவாமி; 8 June 1874 – 12 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and speaker of the State Council of Ceylon. Early life and family ...

, Northern Province (1921-); Northern Province West (1924-) *

C. H. Z. Fernando Charles Hubert Zaleski Fernando (18 November 1892 - 5 July 1973) was a Ceylonese lawyer and colonial era politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the Colombo Municipal Council. Early life and education Fernando was bor ...

, North Western Province (1924-)CEYLON'S BATTLE

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(13 November 1929) Retrieved 2 November 2015Traversed new paths making History
Ananda E. Goonesinha (The Island) Retrieved 2 November 2015 *

Marcus Fernando Sir Hilarion Marcus Fernando, FRCP (21 October 1864 – 18 December 1936) was a pre-independence Ceylonese statesman, physician and banker. He was a member of both the executive council and legislative council as well as the chairman of the Stat ...

, Western Province Colombo (1921-) *

H. R. Freeman Herbert Rayner Freeman (6 March 1864 - April 1945) was an English born Ceylonese public servant and politician. Herbert Rayner Freeman was born in Suffolk, England on 6 March 1864, was educated at Marlborough College, England (between 1878 and 18 ...

, North Central Province (1924-1930) *

C. W. W. Kannangara Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara ( Sinhala ආචාර්ය ක්‍රිස්ටෝෆර් විලියම් විජේකෝන් කන්නන්ගර; 18 October 1894 – 23 September 1969) was a Sri Lankan Lawye ...

, Southern Province West (1924-) *

Henry Kotelawala Sir Don Henry Kotelawala was a Ceylonese politician. He was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon from the Uva and Badulla for 28 years. Henry was the son of D. C. Kotelawala (1886–?) from Bandaragam ...

, Uva Province (1921-) *

John Kotelawala General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala ( si, ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල; 4 April 1897 – 2 October 1980) was a Sri Lankan statesman, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) fro ...

* S. D. Krisnaratne, North Central Province (1921-1924) *

Arunachalam Mahadeva Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG ( ta, அருணாசலம் மகாதேவா, translit=Aruṇācalam Makātēvā; 5 October 1885 – 15 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs ...

, Western Province Ceylon Tamil (1924-) *

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, Southern Province Central (1924-) *

Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II, First Adigar, JP, UM (''known as Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Adigar '') (28 March 1883 – 2 September 1963) was a Ceylonese, prominent colonial era legislator, lawyer and diplomat. He was the first Minister ...

Adigar *

E. W. Perera Edward Walter Perera (11 December 1875 – 15 February 1953) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. He was known as the "Lion of Kotte" and was a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement, served ...

, Western Province Division B (1921-), Western Province Kalutara (1924-) * W. M. Rajapaksa, Western Province Division A (1921-) *

S. Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Rajaratnam ( ta, சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம்; 25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as S. Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapo ...

, Northern Province Central (1924-) *

, Northern Province North (1924–30) * T. M. Sabaratnam, Northern Province East (1924-) *

Fredrick Richard Senanayake Fredrick Richard Senanayake (known to as F. R. Senanayake) (October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926) was a Ceylonesen lawyer and independence activist. A leading member of the Sri Lankan independence movement, he was an elected member of the Colom ...

Don Stephen Senanayake Don Stephen Senanayake ( si, දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක,; ta, டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 21 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Min ...

, Western Province Negombo (1924-) *

M. M. Subramaniam Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam ( ta, மயில்வாகனம் முதலியார் சுப்பிரமணியம், translit=Mayilvākaṉam Mutaliyār Cuppiramaṇiyam; c. 1870 – 1945) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, poli ...

, Eastern Province Trincomalee (1924-) * E. R. Tambimuthu, Eastern Province (1921-); Eastern Province Batticaloa (1924-) * O. C. Tillekeratne, Southern Province (1921-1923) * A. C. G. Wijekoon, Central Province (1921-) * V. S. de S. Wikramanayake, Southern Province East (1924-)

References

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