Mayor of Colombo

The Mayor of Colombo is the Mayor (and head) of the Colombo Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Colombo Municipal Council was established by the Legislative Council of Ceylon. The Mayor is assisted by the Deputy Mayor and a Municipal Commissioner. Since 1944 the majority of the mayors have been from the United National Party.

Mayor of Colombo
Incumbent
Rosy Senanayake
since 19 March 2018[1][2]
Colombo Municipal Council
StyleHer Worship
ResidenceSirinivasa
SeatTown Hall, Colombo
Constituting instrumentMunicipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865
Formation1866
First holderCharles Peter Layard
DeputyM. T. M. Iqbal

Election

The mayor is elected in a general election held under the Local Authority Election Ordinance from the party gaining the highest number of seats in the municipal council. Once elected the mayor may hold office for four years.[3]

Powers and functions

Most powers are derived from the Municipal Council Ordinance No. 29 of 1947. The Mayor serves as the chief executive of the municipal council.[3]

The municipal council is responsible for:

Rights and privileges

The mayoral office is located at the Colombo Town Hall and the official mayoral residence is Sirinivasa. The mayor’s legal title is His/Her Worship the Mayor of Colombo.

Under the provisions of the Municipal Councils Ordinance the mayor and deputy mayor are ex-official Justice of the Peace and Unofficial Magistrates for the administrative district in which the municipality is situated for the duration of their tenure. This is provided so that the mayor or deputy mayor may preside over the municipal magistrate's court.[3]

Official dress

On formal occasions the Mayor wears a scarlet gown with the Mayoral Chain of Office.

Salary

The Mayor of Colombo's salary is Rs 30,000 per month, which is same of all mayors of municipalities in Sri Lanka.[4]

List of Mayors
Parties

  United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Independent

Chairmen
Name Portrait Took office Left office Refs
Charles Peter LayardJanuary 1866June 1877[5]
F. R. SaundersJuly 1877December 1883
W. D. WrightJanuary 1884July 1886
G. S. WilliamsAugust 1886August 1887
G. T. M. O'BrienSeptember 1887September 1887
Lionel Frederick LeeOctober 1887November 1887
H. H. CameronNovember 1887September 1893
Charles Edward Ducat PennycuickOctober 1893April 1895
F. H. PriceMay 1895March 1901
Arthur Sampson PagdenApril 1901February 1905
E. M. de C. ShortMarch 1905May 1910
K. W. B. McLeodMay 1910April 1912
C. R. CumberlandMay 1912November 1912
W. E. ThorpeDecember 1912January 1913
E. B. AlexanderFebruary 1913October 1913
R. W. ByrdeNovember 1913September 1919
T. ReidOctober 1919July 1924
Hubert Ernest NewnhamAugust 1924July 1931
Walter Terence StaceJuly 1931March 1932
William Lindsay MurphyMarch 1932March 1935
William Lindsay MurphyNovember 1935May 1937
Mayors
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Refs
Ratnasothy SaravanamuttuMay 1937December 1937[6][7][8]
V. R. S. SchokmanJanuary 1938December 1939[9][10]
A. E. GoonesingheJanuary 1940December 1940[11]
Ratnasothy SaravanamuttuJanuary 1941December 1942
George R. de SilvaJanuary 1943December 1943
R. A. de MelJanuary 1944December 1944
R. S. F. de MelJanuary 1945December 1945
R. A. de MelJanuary 1946December 1946
R. S. F. de MelJanuary 1947December 1949
Kumaran RatnamJanuary 1950December 1950
S. SellamuttuJanuary 1951December 1951[12][13][14]
C. T. GreroJanuary 195211 August 1953[15]
T. Rudra21 September 195313 August 1954[16][17]
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja Party13 August 195428 February 1956[18][19][20]
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National Party6 March 19561 December 1957[21][22][23]
M. H. MohamedUnited National Party12 January 196010 January 1963
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National Party10 January 196310 April 1965
Vincent PereraUnited National Party10 April 19651966[24][25]
Jabir A. CaderUnited National Party19661969[26]
Vincent PereraUnited National Party19701973
A. H. M. FowzieUnited National Party19741977[27][28][29]
B. Sirisena CoorayUnited National Party19791989[30][31][32]
M. Hussain MohamadUnited National Party19891991[33][34]
Ratnasiri RajapakseUnited National Party19911994[35][36][37]
K. GaneshalingamUnited National PartyJune 1996March 1997[38][39][40]
Karu JayasuriyaUnited National Party19971999[41][42][43]
Omar KamilUnited National Party19992002[44][45][46]
Prasanna GunawardenaUnited National Party3 June 20022006[47][48]
Uvais Mohamed ImitiyasIndependent UNP-backed2 June 20062010[49][50][51]
A. J. M. MuzammilUnited National Party17 October 201131 March 2016[52][53]
Rosy SenanayakeUnited National Party6 March 2018[54]

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