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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kusuma Perera was born on 12 December 1925 in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Jayawardenepura_Kotte" title="Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte">Kotte</a> the second of four children to Awis Perera, an <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurvedic</a> physician and Caroline Hamine. Kusuma received her education at <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Sastralaya,_Kotte" title="Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte">Ananda Sastralaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anula_Vidyalaya" title="Anula Vidyalaya">Anula Vidyalaya</a> before entered the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colombo" title="University of Colombo">University of Colombo</a>. On 24 August 1950 she married <a href="/wiki/K._M._P._Rajaratne" title="K. M. P. Rajaratne">Konara Mudiyanselage Podiappuhamy Rajaratne</a>, a teacher and lecturer, whom she had known since her school days at Ananda Sastralaya.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her husband stood as a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Welimada_Electoral_District" title="Welimada Electoral District">Welimada</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952 parliamentary election</a> but failed to get elected after coming third.<sup id="cite_ref-pe52_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pe52-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 August 1955 the district court in <a href="/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a> convicted Rajaratne, who had been his own <a href="/wiki/Election_agent" title="Election agent">election agent</a> at the 1952 parliamentary election, of not submitting his <a href="/wiki/Election_expenses" class="mw-redirect" title="Election expenses">election expenses</a> and fined him <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_rupee" title="Sri Lankan rupee">Rs. 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LawNet_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LawNet-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood as the <a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a> (MEP) candidate for Welimada at the <a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956 parliamentary election</a>, winning the election.<sup id="cite_ref-pe56_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pe56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 October 1956 an election judge ruled that the 1956 parliamentary election in Welimada was void because Rajaratne had been disqualified from being a Member of Parliament for three years following his 1955 conviction.<sup id="cite_ref-LawNet_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LawNet-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, he lost his seat in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-TI180108_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI180108-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the subsequent by-election held on 7 September 1957 Kusuma ran as an independent, where she secured 14,069 votes, just over 80% of the total vote, defeating both the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Liberation Front (Ceylon)">National Liberation Front</a> (NLF) and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> candidates, who combined only received under 19% of the total vote.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">4th parliamentary election</a> in March 1960 she stood down from representing Welidama allowing her husband to re-contest the seat. Kusuma however ran in the newly created adjoining seat of <a href="/wiki/Uva_Paranagama_Electoral_District" title="Uva Paranagama Electoral District">Uva Paranagama</a>, as the National Liberation Front (Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna) candidate, which she won, receiving 4,662 votes (40% of the total votes).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She retained the seat at the subsequent <a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">parliamentary elections</a> in July 1960, with an increased majority, receiving 6,473 votes (56.88% of the total votes).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kusuma also successfully contested the <a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1965 parliamentary elections</a>, where she was the sole parliamentary representative of National Liberation Front, her husband failing in his attempt to be re-elected for the seat of Welimada.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DM_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kusama was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet</a> but resigned the post in 1966 in protest against the Government's decision to introduce new laws to facilitate the official use of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" 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W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</a> (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Banda" title="M. D. Banda">M. D. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dissanayake" title="Andrew Dissanayake">M. A. D. Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyanaratne_Hemachandra" title="Kalyanaratne Hemachandra">K. Hemachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Edward_Jayatilaka" title="Robert Edward Jayatilaka">Robert Edward Jayatilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Jinadasa" title="S. Jinadasa">S. Jinadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._S._Jinasena" title="L. S. Jinasena">L. S. Jinasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Karunatilake" title="Nimal Karunatilake">Nimal Karunatilake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._S._Marikkar" title="C. A. S. Marikkar">C. A. S. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._B._W._Mediwake" title="M. B. W. Mediwake">M. B. W. Mediwake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyasena_Tennakoon" title="Piyasena Tennakoon">Piyasena Tennakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._A._Weerakoon" title="P. B. A. Weerakoon">Aloysius Weerakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._D._Weerasekera" title="J. D. Weerasekera">J. D. Weerasekera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._U._Ethirmanasingham" title="S. U. Ethirmanasingham">S. U. Ethirmanasingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Kariapper" title="M. S. Kariapper">M. S. Kariapper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hussain_Macan_Markar" title="Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar">Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Mohamed_Ali" title="M. E. H. Mohamed Ali">M. E. H. Mohamed Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._M._Mustapha" title="M. M. Mustapha">M. M. Mustapha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Rajavarothiam" title="N. R. Rajavarothiam">N. R. Rajavarothiam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Alegacone" title="V. A. Alegacone">V. A. Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Kandiah" title="P. Kandiah">P. Kandiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Kandiah" title="V. A. Kandiah">V. A. Kandiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._G._Ponnambalam" title="G. G. Ponnambalam">G. G. Ponnambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Suntharalingam" title="C. Suntharalingam">C. Suntharalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vanniasingam" title="C. Vanniasingam">C. Vanniasingam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Dissanayake" title="M. S. Dissanayake">M. S. Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimevan_Godage" title="Sirimevan Godage">Sirimevan Godage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Senanayake" title="Maithripala Senanayake">Maithripala Senanayake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Adikari" title="M. A. Adikari">M. A. Adikari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Fernando" title="Hugh Fernando">Hugh Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._M._R._A._Iriyagolle" title="I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle">I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hameed_Hussain_Sheikh_Ismail" title="Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail">Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Monnekulame" title="D. B. Monnekulame">D. B. Monnekulame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._J._C._Munasinha" class="mw-redirect" title="W. J. C. Munasinha">W. J. C. Munasinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gotabhaya_Senanayake" title="Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake">Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikiri_Banda_Subasinghe" title="Tikiri Banda Subasinghe">Tikiri Banda Subasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiyanse_Tennakoon" title="Mudiyanse Tennakoon">Mudiyanse Tennakoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa Province</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Beligammana" title="C. R. Beligammana">C. R. Beligammana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusumasiri_Gunawardena" title="Kusumasiri Gunawardena">Kusumasiri Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Herath" title="Maithripala Herath">Maithripala Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._F._Hettiarachchi" title="D. F. Hettiarachchi">D. F. Hettiarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._Jothipala" title="M. P. Jothipala">M. P. Jothipala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._G._Kalugalla" title="P. B. G. Kalugalla">P. B. G. Kalugalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._T._G._Karunaratne" title="V. T. G. Karunaratne">V. T. G. Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaweera_Kuruppu" title="Jayaweera Kuruppu">Jayaweera Kuruppu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Samarakkody" title="Edmund Samarakkody">Edmund Samarakkody</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern Province</a> (12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Abeywickrema" title="Henry Abeywickrema">Henry Abeywickrema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_de_Silva" title="William de Silva">William de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._de_Zoysa" title="M. P. de Zoysa">M. P. de Zoysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._Dharmapala" title="C. A. Dharmapala">C. A. Dharmapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Goonesekera" title="D. S. Goonesekera">D. S. Goonesekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panini_Ilangakoon" title="Panini Ilangakoon">Panini Ilangakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._A._Rajapaksa" title="D. A. Rajapaksa">D. A. Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Rajapaksa" title="Lakshman Rajapaksa">Lakshman Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._W._D._Ratnayake" title="S. W. D. Ratnayake">S. W. D. Ratnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanama_Samaraweera" title="Mahanama Samaraweera">Mahanama Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._A._Wickramasinghe" title="S. A. Wickramasinghe">S. A. Wickramasinghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva Province</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._P._G._Ariyadasa" title="W. P. G. Ariyadasa">W. P. G. Ariyadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._D._Goonaratne" title="K. D. Goonaratne">K. D. Goonaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._G._Jayasinghe" title="Y. G. Jayasinghe">Y. G. Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._T._Kotelawala" title="J. C. T. Kotelawala">J. C. T. Kotelawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._A._Peeris" title="S. A. Peeris">S. A. Peeris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._P._Rajaratne" title="K. M. P. Rajaratne">K. M. P. Rajaratne</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kusuma Rajaratne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._G._M._Albert_Silva" title="W. G. M. Albert Silva">W. G. M. Albert Silva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Bandaranayake" title="S. D. Bandaranayake">S. D. Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin R. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_de_Zoysa" title="Stanley de Zoysa">Stanley de Zoysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razik_Fareed" title="Razik Fareed">Razik Fareed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Fernando" title="Hector Fernando">Hector Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Fernando" title="Meryl Fernando">Meryl Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Goonewardene" title="Leslie Goonewardene">Leslie Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Goonewardene" title="Vivienne Goonewardene">Vivienne Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholomondeley_Goonewardene" title="Cholomondeley Goonewardene">Cholomondeley Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gunawardena" title="Robert Gunawardena">Robert Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gunawardena" title="Philip Gunawardena">Philip Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Keuneman" title="Pieter Keuneman">Pieter Keuneman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Moonesinghe" title="Anil Moonesinghe">Anil Moonesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagara_Palansuriya" title="Sagara Palansuriya">Sagara Palansuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasena_Pasqual" title="Dayasena Pasqual">Dayasena Pasqual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gotabhaya_Senanayake" title="Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake">Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Soysa" title="Bernard Soysa">Bernard Soysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Themis" title="M. 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William Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Cader_Shahul_Hameed" title="Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed">Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._M._Herath" title="T. B. M. Herath">T. B. M. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Jayasundera" title="T. B. Jayasundera">T. B. Jayasundera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._H._Jayawickrema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. H. Jayawickrema (page does not exist)">D. H. Jayawickrema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._P._Y._Jinadasa" title="U. P. Y. Jinadasa">U. P. Y. Jinadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Kapukotuwa" title="Tissa Kapukotuwa">Tissa Kapukotuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._S._Marikkar" title="C. A. S. Marikkar">C. A. S. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasena_Munaweera" title="Chandrasena Munaweera">Chandrasena Munaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Jasen_Ranaweera" title="Donald Jasen Ranaweera">Donald J. Ranaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Senanayake" title="E. L. Senanayake">E. L. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Tennekoon" title="Reginald Tennekoon">R. W. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._A._Weerakoon" title="P. B. A. Weerakoon">Aloysius Weerakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._D._Weerasekera" title="J. D. Weerasekera">J. D. Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Wimalasena" title="Noel Wimalasena">Noel Wimalasena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T._Ahambaram" title="T. Ahambaram">T. Ahambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Kariapper" title="M. S. Kariapper">M. S. Kariapper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. A. Abdul Majeed">M. A. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._I._M._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. I. M. Abdul Majeed (page does not exist)">M. I. M. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Manicavasagam" title="P. Manicavasagam">P. Manicavasagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hussain_Macan_Markar" title="Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar">Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Mohamed_Ali" title="M. E. H. Mohamed Ali">M. E. H. Mohamed Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Rajavarothiam" title="N. R. Rajavarothiam">N. R. Rajavarothiam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Rasamanickam" title="S. M. Rasamanickam">S. M. Rasamanickam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijayabahu_Wijayasinha" title="Wijayabahu Wijayasinha">Wijayabahu Wijayasinha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Alegacone" title="V. A. Alegacone">V. A. Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balasundaram" title="M. Balasundaram">M. Balasundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah" title="Alfred Duraiappah">Alfred Duraiappah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Kandiah" title="V. A. Kandiah">V. A. Kandiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._V._Naganathan" title="E. M. V. Naganathan">E. M. V. Naganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sivasithamparam" title="T. Sivasithamparam">T. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sivasunderam" title="A. Sivasunderam">A. Sivasunderam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairatnam" title="K. Thurairatnam">K. Thurairatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._H._de_Silva" title="A. H. de Silva">A. H. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimevan_Godage" title="Sirimevan Godage">Sirimevan Godage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Lenawa" title="S. B. Lenawa">S. B. Lenawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._B._Ratnamalala" title="R. B. Ratnamalala">R. B. Ratnamalala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Senanayake" title="Maithripala Senanayake">Maithripala Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._M._K._Tennakoon" title="P. M. K. Tennakoon">P. M. K. Tennakoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a> (16)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Adikari" title="M. A. Adikari">M. A. Adikari</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=E._M._R._B._Ekanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E. M. R. B. Ekanayake (page does not exist)">E. M. R. B. Ekanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Fernando" title="Hugh Fernando">Hugh Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._M._R._A._Iriyagolle" title="I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle">I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Jayasena" title="L. B. Jayasena">L. B. Jayasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._M._Naina_Marikar" title="M. H. M. Naina Marikar">M. H. M. Naina Marikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Monnekulame" title="D. B. Monnekulame">D. B. Monnekulame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._J._C._Munasinha" class="mw-redirect" title="W. J. C. Munasinha">W. J. C. Munasinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Peries" title="Albert Peries">Albert Peries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._U._Romanis" title="A. U. Romanis">A. U. Romanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Samarakkody" title="Stephen Samarakkody">Stephen Samarakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._H._Senanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. H. Senanayake (page does not exist)">A. H. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gotabhaya_Senanayake" title="Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake">Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikiri_Banda_Subasinghe" title="Tikiri Banda Subasinghe">Tikiri Banda Subasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiyanse_Tennakoon" title="Mudiyanse Tennakoon">Mudiyanse Tennakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._B._Tennekoon" title="R. B. Tennekoon">R. B. Tennekoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa Province</a> (17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._L._M._Aboosally" title="M. L. M. Aboosally">M. L. M. Aboosally</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._B._Bandaranayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. B. Bandaranayake (page does not exist)">P. B. Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._F._Hettiarachchi" title="D. F. Hettiarachchi">D. F. Hettiarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._G._Kalugalla" title="P. B. G. Kalugalla">P. B. G. Kalugalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimala_Kannangara" title="Wimala Kannangara">Wimala Kannangara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoka_Karunaratne" title="Asoka Karunaratne">Asoka Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._T._G._Karunaratne" title="V. T. G. Karunaratne">V. T. G. Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._A._Karunasena" title="W. A. Karunasena">W. A. Karunasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._E._B._Kiriella" title="A. E. B. Kiriella">A. E. B. Kiriella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Mathew" title="Cyril Mathew">Cyril Mathew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeyratne_Pilapitiya" title="Abeyratne Pilapitiya">Abeyratne Pilapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ratwatte" title="Clifford Ratwatte">Clifford Ratwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._G._Somabandu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. G. Somabandu (page does not exist)">H. G. Somabandu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._Weragama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Weragama (page does not exist)">H. Weragama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soma_Wickremanayake" title="Soma Wickremanayake">Soma Wickremanayake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern Province</a> (19)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._D._S._Abeygoonawardena" title="W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena">W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matarage_Sirisena_Amarasiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri">Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Atapattu" title="D. P. Atapattu">D. P. Atapattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_de_Alwis" title="Neal de Alwis">Neal de Alwis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_de_Silva" title="Lakshman de Silva">Lakshman de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_de_Silva" title="William de Silva">William de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._de_Zoysa" title="M. P. de Zoysa">M. P. de Zoysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._Dharmapala" title="C. A. Dharmapala">C. A. Dharmapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prins_Gunasekera" title="Prins Gunasekera">Prins Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Montague Jayawickrama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._L._Jinadasa" title="P. L. Jinadasa">P. L. 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Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Wijayawardhene" title="Justin Wijayawardhene">Justin Wijayawardhene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva Province</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._P._G._Ariyadasa" title="W. P. G. Ariyadasa">W. P. G. Ariyadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Y._M_Wijeratne_Banda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda (page does not exist)">K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Bandara" title="B. H. Bandara">B. H. Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._G._Gunasekera" title="J. G. Gunasekera">J. G. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._M._Gunasekera" title="R. M. Gunasekera">R. M. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._A._Peeris" title="S. A. Peeris">S. A. Peeris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._P._Rajaratne" title="K. M. P. Rajaratne">K. M. P. Rajaratne</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kusuma Rajaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._P._J._Seneviratne" title="C. P. J. Seneviratne">C. P. J. Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._G._M._Albert_Silva" title="W. G. M. Albert Silva">W. G. M. Albert Silva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a> (35)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Dias_Bandaranaike" title="Felix Dias Bandaranaike">Felix Dias Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Bandaranayake" title="S. D. Bandaranayake">S. D. Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somaweera_Chandrasiri" title="Somaweera Chandrasiri">Somaweera Chandrasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Ruskin_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Ruskin Fernando">M. Ruskin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Quintin_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Quintin Fernando">T. Quintin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibile_Fonseka" title="Bibile Fonseka">Bibile Fonseka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholomondeley_Goonewardene" title="Cholomondeley Goonewardene">Cholomondeley Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Goonewardene" title="Leslie Goonewardene">Leslie Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gunawardena" title="Philip Gunawardena">Philip Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gunawardena" title="Robert Gunawardena">Robert Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Percy_Jayakodi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Percy Jayakodi (page does not exist)">Percy Jayakodi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._E._Jayasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. E. Jayasinghe (page does not exist)">A. E. Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Jayasinghe" title="Shelton Jayasinghe">D. 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Suriarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Appointed (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veloo_Annamalay" title="Veloo Annamalay">Veloo Annamalay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Jonklaas" title="Vernon Jonklaas">Vernon Jonklaas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Izadeen_Mohamed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohamed Izadeen Mohamed (page does not exist)">Mohamed Izadeen Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Singleton-Salmon" title="Robert Singleton-Salmon">Robert Singleton-Salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savumiamoorthy_Thondaman" title="Savumiamoorthy Thondaman">Savumiamoorthy Thondaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaradasa_Ratnapala" title="Amaradasa Ratnapala">Amaradasa Ratnapala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_25px_Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon_(1960_(1960)–1964)_→" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Template:Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Template talk:Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="←_25px_Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon_(1960_(1960)–1964)_→" class="adr" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Template:Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon">←</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ceylon_(1951%E2%80%931972).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">Members of the <span class="fn org">5th Parliament of <span class="country-name">Ceylon</span></span> (1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960</span>)</span>–1964)</a> <a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Template:Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon">→</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. 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M. K. Banda">K. M. K. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Banda" title="M. D. Banda">M. D. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Dassanayake" title="L. B. Dassanayake">L. B. Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._William_Fernando" title="T. William Fernando">T. William Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Cader_Shahul_Hameed" title="Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed">Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._M._Herath" title="T. B. M. Herath">T. B. M. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Abdul_Jabbar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Abdul Jabbar (page does not exist)">K. Abdul Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Jayasundera" title="T. B. Jayasundera">T. B. Jayasundera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._P._Y._Jinadasa" title="U. P. Y. Jinadasa">U. P. Y. Jinadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Kapukotuwa" title="Tissa Kapukotuwa">Tissa Kapukotuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasena_Munaweera" title="Chandrasena Munaweera">Chandrasena Munaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Ranaraja" title="Shelton Ranaraja">Shelton Ranaraja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeyratne_Ratnayaka" title="Abeyratne Ratnayaka">Abeyratne Ratnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Senanayake" title="E. L. Senanayake">E. L. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._G._Sirisena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. G. Sirisena (page does not exist)">D. G. Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Tennekoon" title="Reginald Tennekoon">R. W. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._D._Weerasekera" title="J. D. Weerasekera">J. D. Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._B._Weerasekera" title="U. B. Weerasekera">U. B. Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wijesuriya" title="Edmund Wijesuriya">Edmund Wijesuriya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T._Ahambaram" title="T. Ahambaram">T. Ahambaram</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Mohamed_Ali" title="M. E. H. Mohamed Ali">M. E. H. Mohamed Ali</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Ahamed" title="M. C. Ahamed">M. C. Ahamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._L._Abdul_Majeed" title="A. L. Abdul Majeed">A. L. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. A. Abdul Majeed">M. A. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._I._M._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. I. M. Abdul Majeed (page does not exist)">M. I. M. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Manicavasagam" title="P. Manicavasagam">P. Manicavasagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hussain_Macan_Markar" title="Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar">Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Rajavarothiam" title="N. R. Rajavarothiam">N. R. Rajavarothiam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Manickarajah" title="S. M. Manickarajah">S. M. Manickarajah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Rasamanickam" title="S. M. Rasamanickam">S. M. Rasamanickam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrasena_de_Zoysa" title="Indrasena de Zoysa">Indrasena de Zoysa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Alegacone" title="V. A. Alegacone">V. A. Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balasundaram" title="M. Balasundaram">M. Balasundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah" title="Alfred Duraiappah">Alfred Duraiappah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Kandiah" title="V. A. Kandiah">V. A. Kandiah</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._Navaratnam" title="V. Navaratnam">V. Navaratnam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._V._Naganathan" title="E. M. V. Naganathan">E. M. V. Naganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sivasithamparam" title="T. Sivasithamparam">T. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sivasunderam" title="A. Sivasunderam">A. Sivasunderam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairatnam" title="K. Thurairatnam">K. Thurairatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._de_Silva" title="A. H. de Silva">A. H. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimevan_Godage" title="Sirimevan Godage">Sirimevan Godage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Ratnayake" title="K. B. Ratnayake">K. B. Ratnayake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Lenawa" title="S. B. Lenawa">S. B. Lenawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._B._Ratnamalala" title="R. B. Ratnamalala">R. B. Ratnamalala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Senanayake" title="Maithripala Senanayake">Maithripala Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._M._K._Tennakoon" title="P. M. K. Tennakoon">P. M. K. Tennakoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a> (16)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Adikari" title="M. A. Adikari">M. A. Adikari</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._J._Wijesinghe" title="M. A. J. Wijesinghe">M. A. J. Wijesinghe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Fernando" title="Hugh Fernando">Hugh Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._R._Jayaratne" title="S. D. R. Jayaratne">S. D. R. Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Jayasena" title="L. B. Jayasena">L. B. Jayasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._M._Naina_Marikar" title="M. H. M. Naina Marikar">M. H. M. Naina Marikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Monnekulame" title="D. B. Monnekulame">D. B. Monnekulame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Pathirana" title="Jaya Pathirana">Jaya Pathirana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Peries" title="Albert Peries">Albert Peries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._U._Romanis" title="A. U. Romanis">A. U. Romanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Samarakkody" title="Stephen Samarakkody">Stephen Samarakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._W._Samarasinghe" title="G. W. Samarasinghe">G. W. Samarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._H._Senanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. H. Senanayake (page does not exist)">A. H. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gotabhaya_Senanayake" title="Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake">Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiyanse_Tennakoon" title="Mudiyanse Tennakoon">Mudiyanse Tennakoon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kavisena_Herath" title="Kavisena Herath">Kavisena Herath</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._B._Wanninayake" title="U. B. Wanninayake">U. B. Wanninayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leelananda_Weerasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leelananda Weerasinghe (page does not exist)">Leelananda Weerasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._P._Wickremasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. P. Wickremasinghe (page does not exist)">D. P. Wickremasinghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa Province</a> (17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._L._M._Aboosally" title="M. L. M. Aboosally">M. L. M. Aboosally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._A._P._B._Balasuriya" title="B. A. P. B. Balasuriya">B. A. P. B. Balasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._de_S._A._Gunasekera" title="L. de S. A. Gunasekera">L. de S. A. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Imbulana" title="P. C. Imbulana">P. C. Imbulana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._G._Kalugalla" title="P. B. G. Kalugalla">P. B. G. Kalugalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoka_Karunaratne" title="Asoka Karunaratne">Asoka Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._T._G._Karunaratne" title="V. T. G. Karunaratne">V. T. G. Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._A._Karunasena" title="W. A. Karunasena">W. A. Karunasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Mathew" title="Cyril Mathew">Cyril Mathew</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Molligoda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanley Molligoda (page does not exist)">Stanley Molligoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ratwatte" title="Clifford Ratwatte">Clifford Ratwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._R._Ratnayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. R. Ratnayake (page does not exist)">P. R. Ratnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanapala_Weerasekera" title="Dhanapala Weerasekera">Dhanapala Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soma_Wickremanayake" title="Soma Wickremanayake">Soma Wickremanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._B._Wijesundara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. B. Wijesundara (page does not exist)">P. B. Wijesundara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern Province</a> (19)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Kariyawasam" title="Albert Kariyawasam">Albert Kariyawasam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumanapala_Dahanayake" title="Sumanapala Dahanayake">Sumanapala Dahanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_de_Alwis" title="Neal de Alwis">Neal de Alwis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_de_Silva" title="Lakshman de Silva">Lakshman de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._de_Zoysa" title="M. P. de Zoysa">M. P. de Zoysa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Tillekeratne" title="Edwin Tillekeratne">Edwin Tillekeratne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._W._Dissanayake" title="H. W. Dissanayake">H. W. Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Goonesekera" title="D. S. Goonesekera">D. S. Goonesekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Montague Jayawickrama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_de_Silva_Kularatne" title="Patrick de Silva Kularatne">Patrick de Silva Kularatne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._A._Rajapaksa" title="D. A. Rajapaksa">D. A. Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Rajapaksa" title="George Rajapaksa">George Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Rajapaksa" title="Lakshman Rajapaksa">Lakshman Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Roy_Rajapakse" title="Don Roy Rajapakse">Don Roy Rajapakse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senapala_Samarasekera" title="Senapala Samarasekera">Senapala Samarasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanama_Samaraweera" title="Mahanama Samaraweera">Mahanama Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Wickremasinghe" title="Percy Wickremasinghe">Percy Wickremasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._A._Wickramasinghe" title="S. A. Wickramasinghe">S. A. Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._P._Wickremasuriya" title="P. P. Wickremasuriya">P. P. 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Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._A._Cader" title="I. A. Cader">I. A. Cader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somaweera_Chandrasiri" title="Somaweera Chandrasiri">Somaweera Chandrasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin R. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Danister_de_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="W. Danister de Silva">W. Danister de Silva</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Goonewardene" title="Vivienne Goonewardene">Vivienne Goonewardene</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razik_Fareed" title="Razik Fareed">Razik Fareed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Quintin_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Quintin Fernando">T. Quintin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Fernando" title="Meryl Fernando">Meryl Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholomondeley_Goonewardene" title="Cholomondeley Goonewardene">Cholomondeley Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Goonewardene" title="Leslie Goonewardene">Leslie Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gunawardena" title="Philip Gunawardena">Philip Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gunawardena" title="Robert Gunawardena">Robert Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Jayakody" title="Lakshman Jayakody">Lakshman Jayakody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Jayasinghe" title="Shelton Jayasinghe">D. Shelton Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Jayasuriya" title="Gamini Jayasuriya">Gamini Jayasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._M._Kaleel" title="M. C. M. Kaleel">M. C. M. 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Samarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._de_Z._Siriwardena" title="M. P. de Z. Siriwardena">M. P. de Z. Siriwardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Soysa" title="Bernard Soysa">Bernard Soysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Sugathadasa" title="V. A. Sugathadasa">V. A. Sugathadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._K._Suriarachchi" title="S. K. K. Suriarachchi">S. K. K. Suriarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Tillekeratne" title="Stanley Tillekeratne">Stanley Tillekeratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijayabahu_Wijayasinha" title="Wijayabahu Wijayasinha">Wijayabahu Wijayasinha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Appointed (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._O._Abeyaratne" title="L. O. Abeyaratne">L. O. Abeyaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badi-ud-din_Mahmud" title="Badi-ud-din Mahmud">Badi-ud-din Mahmud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Singleton-Salmon" title="Robert Singleton-Salmon">R. Singleton Salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savumiamoorthy_Thondaman" title="Savumiamoorthy Thondaman">Savumiamoorthy Thondaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._V._Poulier" title="R. S. V. Poulier">R. S. V. Poulier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._Drahaman" title="M. P. Drahaman">M. P. 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S. Abeysundara">S. S. Abeysundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alick_Aluwihare" title="Alick Aluwihare">Alick Aluwihare</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._M._G._T._Banda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W. M. G. T. Banda (page does not exist)">W. M. G. T. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Daniel" title="M. A. Daniel">M. A. Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Dassanayake" title="L. B. Dassanayake">L. B. Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Cader_Shahul_Hameed" title="Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed">Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._M._Herath" title="T. B. M. Herath">T. B. M. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Karunaratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Karunaratne (page does not exist)">C. Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Kulatillake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Kulatillake (page does not exist)">R. Kulatillake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._G._Muthubanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. G. Muthubanda (page does not exist)">P. G. Muthubanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._M._Navaratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. M. Navaratne (page does not exist)">H. M. Navaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._B._Ranatunga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. B. Ranatunga (page does not exist)">D. B. Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Jasen_Ranaweera" title="Donald Jasen Ranaweera">D. J. Ranaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Senanayake" title="E. L. Senanayake">E. L. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemachandra_Sirisena" title="Hemachandra Sirisena">Hemachandra Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._A._Weerakoon" title="P. B. A. Weerakoon">Aloysius Weerakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._P._Wijesiri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. P. Wijesiri (page does not exist)">R. P. Wijesiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wijesuriya" title="Edmund Wijesuriya">Edmund Wijesuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri Banda Wijetunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Wimalasena" title="Noel Wimalasena">Noel Wimalasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Yalegama" title="S. B. Yalegama">S. B. Yalegama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._W._Devanayagam" title="K. W. Devanayagam">K. W. Devanayagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Kariapper" title="M. S. Kariapper">M. S. Kariapper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Ahamed" title="M. C. Ahamed">M. C. Ahamed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._L._Abdul_Majeed" title="A. L. Abdul Majeed">A. L. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. A. Abdul Majeed">M. A. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Manickarajah" title="S. M. Manickarajah">S. M. Manickarajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Mohamed_Ali" title="M. E. H. Mohamed Ali">M. E. H. Mohamed Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._M._Mustapha" title="M. M. Mustapha">M. M. Mustapha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Rasamanickam" title="S. M. Rasamanickam">S. M. Rasamanickam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Lathiff_Sinnalebbe" title="Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe">Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senerath_Somaratne" title="Senerath Somaratne">Senerath Somaratne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Alegacone" title="V. A. Alegacone">V. A. Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Kathiravelupillai" title="S. Kathiravelupillai">S. Kathiravelupillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._V._Naganathan" title="E. M. V. Naganathan">E. M. V. Naganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Navaratnam" title="V. Navaratnam">V. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._G._Ponnambalam" title="G. G. Ponnambalam">G. G. Ponnambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Ratnam" title="K. P. Ratnam">K. P. Ratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sivasithamparam" title="T. Sivasithamparam">T. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairatnam" title="K. Thurairatnam">K. 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