2nd State Council of Ceylon

The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and was dissolved on 4 July 1947.

2nd State Council of Ceylon
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Overview
Legislative bodyState Council of Ceylon
Meeting placeOld Parliament Building
Term17 March 1936 (1936-03-17) – 4 July 1947 (1947-07-04)
Election22 February – 7 March 1936
Government2nd Board
Websiteparliament.lk
State Councillors
Members58
SpeakerWaithilingam Duraiswamy
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees
Susantha de Fonseka
Deputy Chairman of CommitteesR. S. Tennekoon
Leader of the HouseD. B. Jayatilaka (1936–42)
D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)

Election

The 2nd state council election was held between 22 February and 7 March 1936 in 43 of the 50 constituencies.[1][2] The remaining seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.[2]

The new state council met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and elected Waithilingam Duraiswamy, Susantha de Fonseka and R. S. Tennekoon as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Deputy Chairman of Committees respectively.[2]

Deaths, resignations and removals

Members

Name Appointed/
Elected
Constituency Votes Majority Took office Left office Notes Refs.
E. W. AbeygunasekeraElectedNuwara Eliya7 March 1936June 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by M. D. Banda[4]
Simon AbeywickremaElectedUdugama9 March 19404 July 1947Succeeds Neil Hewavitarne[5]
Bernard AluwihareElectedMatale22 February 1936[6]
H. W. AmarasuriyaElectedGalle23,85225 February 1936[7][8][9]
Thomas AmarasuriyaElectedMoratuwa19 March 19424 July 1947Succeeds W. A. de Silva[10]
M. D. BandaElectedNuwara Eliya--October 1943Succeeds E. W. Abeygunasekera, Acting Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1945)
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeElectedVeyangoda--19 March 1936Minister of Local Administration (1936–47)[2]
Charles BatuwantudaweElectedKalutara29 February 193613 September 1940Died in office, succeeded by Upali Batuwantudawe[4]
Upali BatuwantudaweElectedKalutaraSucceeds Charles Batuwantudawe[5]
Clement Johnston BlackAppointed[10]
P. B. BulankulameElectedAnuradhapura21 April 19454 July 1947Succeeds H. R. Freeman[10]
S. O. CanagaratnamElectedBatticaloa South19361938Died in office, succeeded by S. Dharmaretnam[2]
Maurice John CaryAppointedEuropean[4]
Claude CoreaElectedChilaw19 March 19361946Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1936–46)[4]
Wijeyananda DahanayakeElectedBibile19444 July 1947Succeeds G. C. Rambukpotha[7][10]
Susantha de FonsekaElectedPanaduraDeputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees (1936–47)[4]
C. E. P. de SilvaElectedNegombo15 January 193827 February 1942Succeeds A. E. Rajapakse. Died in office, succeeded by H. de Z. Siriwardena
George E. de SilvaElectedKandy29 February 1936Minister of Health (1942–47)[4]
George R. de SilvaElectedColombo NorthSucceeded Naysum Saravanamuttu[5]
W. A. de SilvaElectedMoratuwa193618 February 1943Minister of Health (1936–42) Resigned from office, succeeded by Thomas Amarasuriya[4]
A. P. de ZoysaElectedColombo South10 October 1936[4]
Francis de ZoysaElectedBalapitiya22 February 1936[4]
S. DharmaretnamElectedBatticaloa South17 September 19384 July 1947Succeeds S. O. Canagaratnam[2]
Waithilingam DuraiswamyElectedKayts--15 January 19364 July 1947Speaker (1936–47)[2]
Razik FareedAppointedMuslims--12 March 1936[2]
H. R. FreemanElectedAnuradhapura15 January 19361945Died in office, succeeded by P. B. Bulankulame[4]
R. P. GaddumAppointedEuropean17 May 193810 January 1939Succeeds E. C. Villiers. Resigned from office, succeeded by E. C. Villiers
H. A. GoonesekeraElectedBalangoda25 February 193625 May 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by Alexander Francis Molamure[4]
A. E. GoonesinhaElectedColombo Central22 February 19361942Succeeded by M. C. M. Kaleel[11]
Francis Huntly GriffithAppointed[4]
D. D. GunasekeraElectedBandarawela22 February 193625 May 1943Resigned from office, succeeded by J. G. Rajakulendran[4]
Philip GunawardenaElectedAvissawella29 February 1936July 1942Vacated office in July 1942, succeeded by Bernard Jayasuriya[12]
Senerat GunewardeneElectedGampola28 February 1936[4]
Neil HewavitarneElectedUdugama27 February 193631 October 1939Died in office, succeeded by Simon Abeywickrema[4]
Raja HewavitarneElectedMatara5 March 1936[4]
J. H. IlangantilekeElectedPuttalam29 February 193627 July 1943Died in office, succeeded by U. B. Wanninayake[4]
Gnanamuthu IsaacElectedMannar-Mullaitivu19431944Succeeds R. Sri Pathmanathan, succeeded by Jeganathan Tyagarajah[2]
T. B. JayahAppointedMuslims--12 March 19364 July 1947[2][13]
A. P. JayasuriyaElectedHorana25 February 19364 July 1947[4]
Bernard JayasuriyaElectedAvissawella28 February 19434 July 1947Succeeds Philip Gunawardena[10]
D. P. JayasuriyaElectedGampaha1936[4][14]
D. B. JayatilakaElectedKelaniya--15 January 19361943Minister of Home Affairs (1936–42), resigned from office, succeeded by J. R. Jayewardene[2]
Robert Edward JayatilakaElectedRuwanwella19394 July 1947Succeeded N. M. Perera[10]
J. R. JayewardeneElectedKelaniya19434 July 1947Succeeds D. B. Jayatilaka[10]
M. C. M. KaleelElectedColombo Central1942Succeeds A. E. Goonesinha[15]
C. W. W. KannangaraElectedMatugama1936Minister of Education (1936–47)[14][16]
R. C. KannangaraElectedMorawaka3 March 193614 October 1946Died in office, succeeded by S. A. Wickramasinghe[3]
Henry KotalawalaElectedBadulla26 October 1936[4]
John KotelawalaElectedKurunegala--15 January 1936Minister of Communications and Works (1936–47)[2]
Patrick de Silva KularatneElectedBalapitiya[10]
Jayaweera KuruppuElectedRatnapura22 February 1936[4]
A. MahadevaElectedJaffna25 February 19364 July 1947Minister of Home Affairs (1942–47)[2]
Alexander Francis MolamureElectedBalangodaOctober 19434 July 1947Succeeds H. A. Goonesekera[10]
V. NalliahElectedTrincomalee-Batticaloa19434 July 1947Succeeds E. R. Tambimuttu[2]
K. Natesa IyerElectedHatton2 March 1936[2]
S. NatesanElectedKankesanthurai27 February 19364 July 1947[2]
Hubert Ernest NewnhamAppointed6 March 193918 May 1943[5]
E. A. NugawelaElectedGalagedara24 February 1936[4]
John William OldfieldAppointedEuropean28 April 1936[10]
Howard Frank ParfittAppointed12 March 193618 May 1943Resigned from office.[4]
I. X. PereiraAppointedIndian Tamils--12 March 19364 July 1947Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1946–47)[2]
N. M. PereraElectedRuwanwella28 February 19361939Removed from office, succeeded by R. E. Jayetilleke[12]
G. G. PonnambalamElectedPoint Pedro22 February 19364 July 1947[2]
J. G. RajakulendranElectedBandarawelaOctober 19434 July 1947Succeeds D. D. Gunasekera[10][2]
D. A. RajapaksaElectedHambantotaSucceeds D. M. Rajapaksa[10]
D. M. RajapaksaElectedHambantota17,0467 March 19361945Died in office, succeeded by D. A. Rajapaksa[3]
A. E. RajapakseElectedNegombo193620 September 1937Died in office, succeeded by C. E. P. de Silva[4]
G. C. RambukpothaElectedBibile5 March 193627 October 1943Died in office. Succeeded by Wijeyananda Dahanayake[4]
Abeyratne RatnayakaElectedDumbara26 February 1936[4]
Harris Leuke RatwatteElectedKegalle5 March 1936[4]
Siripala SamarakkodyElectedNarammala22 February 1936August 1944Died in office, succeeded by Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake[4]
Naysum SaravanamuttuElectedColombo North22 February 19361941Died in office, succeeded by George R. de Silva[2]
Dudley SenanayakeElectedDedigama17,0452 March 1936Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1946–47)[17]
D. S. SenanayakeElectedMinuwangoda--1936Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1936–46)[2]
Richard Gotabhaya SenanayakeElectedNarammala4 July 1947Succeeds Siripala Samarakkody[10]
H. de Z. SiriwardenaElectedNegombo19424 July 1947Succeeds C. E. P. de Silva[10]
Bennet SoysaElectedNuwara Eliya[10]
R. Sri PathmanathanElectedMannar-Mullaitivu7 March 19361943Died in office, succeeded by Gnanamuthu Isaac[2]
E. R. TambimuttuElectedTrincomalee-Batticaloa22 February 1936June 1943Dismissed from office, succeeded by V. Nalliah[2]
R. S. TennekoonElectedKatugampola3 March 1936Deputy Chairman of Committees (1936–47)[4]
Jeganathan TyagarajahElectedMannar-Mullaitivu1944Succeeds Gnanamuthu Isaac[2]
Evelyn Charles VilliersAppointedEuropean12 March 1936
14 February 1939
30 April 1938
7 April 1947
Resigned from office, succeeded by R. P. Gaddum. Succeeds R. P. Gaddum[4]
S. P. VythilingamElectedTalawakelle5 March 1936[2]
David WanigasekeraElectedWeligama29 February 19364 July 1947[3]
U. B. WanninayakeElectedPuttalam27 November 19434 July 1947Succeeds J. H. Ilangantileke[10]
George Roland WhitbyAppointed[5]
S. A. WickramasingheElectedMorawaka19464 July 1947Succeeds R. C. Kannangara
George Alfred Henry WilleAppointedBurgher12 March 19364 July 1947[4]

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