Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon

The Second Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1936 and 1947. It was formed in March 1936 after the state council election and it ended in June 1947 with dissolution of the 2nd State Council. The Board of Ministers consisted of ten members, three ex-officio British officials (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Legal Secretary) and the chairmen of the State Council's seven executive committees.[1][2] The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.[3]

Second Board of Ministers

23rd Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formedMarch 1936
Date dissolvedJune 1947
People and organisations
Head of stateEdward VIII
George VI
Head of governmentGuy Stanley Wodeman (1940–42)
Robert Drayton
Deputy head of governmentDon Baron Jayatilaka (1936–42)
D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)
Total no. of members15
History
Election(s)1936
Outgoing election1947
Legislature term(s)2nd
PredecessorFirst Board of Ministers
SuccessorD. S. Senanayake cabinet

Members

Minister Office Took office Left office
Guy Stanley WodemanChief Secretary19401942
Robert DraytonChief Secretary[4][5]1942
H. S. HuxhamFinancial Secretary[6]
Oliver GoonetillekeFinancial Secretary[7][8]1945
Robert DraytonLegal Secretary[4][9]1942
Barclay NihillLegal Secretary[4]19421946
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Local Administration19361947
Claude CoreaMinister of Labour, Industry & Commerce19361947
W. A. de SilvaMinister of Health19361947
Don Baron JayatilakaMinister of Home Affairs19361942
C. W. W. KannangaraMinister of Education19361947
John KotelawalaMinister of Communications & Works19361947
Arunachalam MahadevaMinister of Home Affairs19421947
D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Agriculture & Lands19361946
Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Agriculture & Lands19461947

References

  • Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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  2. Guruge, Ananda W. P. (2010). Free at Last in Paradise. AuthorHouse. p. 683.
  3. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1988). The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. C. Hurst & Co. p. 14.
  4. O'Regan, John (1994). From Empire To Commonwealth: Reflections on a Career in Britain's Oversea Service. The Radcliffe Press. pp. 56–57.
  5. Jennings, Ivor (October 1953). "Nationalism and Political Development in Ceylon (2): The Background of Self-Government". The Ceylon Historical Journal. III (2): 101.
  6. Peebles, Patrick (2001). The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 213.
  7. "Ceremonial head is changed". The Sunday Times. 8 March 2009.
  8. Leonard, Elmo (12 December 2006). "Oliver Goonetilleke, greatest son of post colonial Sri Lanka". Daily News.
  9. "Serving under 6 PMs!". The Sunday Times. 25 November 2007.
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