Kalyanaratne Hemachandra
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Talawake | |
| In office 19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959 | |
| Preceded by | H. E. P. de Mel |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 6 July 1962 |
| Nationality | Ceylonese |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Occupation | planter, merchant, politician |
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra (died 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese planter, merchant and politician.[1][2]
In January 1948 he was elected as one of the inaugural members of the Talawakelle - Lindula Urban Council,[3] a position he retained until his death in 1962.[4]
At the 3rd parliamentary elections, held on 5 April 1956, Hemachandra ran as the United National Party candidate in the Talawakelle electorate. He received 1,720 votes (52% of the total vote) defeating the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, Edmund Wanigasekera, by 160 votes.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hon. Hemachandra, Kalyanaratne, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon, 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. p. 62.
- ^ Parliament of Ceylon (1956). "Ceylon Sessional Papers". Government Press: 41.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ De Silva, G. P. S. Harischandra (1979). A Statistical Survey of Elections to the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1911-1977. Marga Institute. p. 270.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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