Edmund Wijesuriya

Henry Edmund Wijesuriya (21 June 1919 - ????) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of parliament from Maskeliya and President of the All Ceylon Co-operative Federation.[1]

Hon.

Edmund Wijesuriya
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Maskeliya
In office
1960–1970
Preceded byDonald J. Ranaweera
Succeeded byP. Gamini Ariyatilake
Personal details
Born(1919-06-21)21 June 1919
Political partyUnited National Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka Freedom Party

He was elected from the Maskeliya electorate from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in the 1960 July general election defeating the incumbent Donald J. Ranaweera from the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna. He was one of thirteen SLFP parliamentarians who crossed over to the opposition with C. P. de Silva on 3 December 1964 resulting in the defeat of the SLFP government under Sirima Bandaranaike. He contested the 1965 general election from the United National Party and won, but lost his seat in the 1970 general election.[2][3]

References
  1. "B/N 892–Visvalingam Veerasingam". stamps.gov.lk. Philatelic Bureau-Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Hon. Wijesuriya, Henry Edmund, M.P." parliament.lk. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. Raymond, Roel. "Five Stories Of Real-Life Political Drama In Sri Lanka". Roar. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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