2nd State Council of Ceylon
Members

2nd State Council of Ceylon

Section Title: Members
Table Section Text: None

Name	Appointed/ Elected	Constituency	Votes	Majority	Took office	Left office	Notes	Refs.

E. W. Abeygunasekera	Elected	Nuwara Eliya	7 March 1936	June 1943	Dismissed from office, succeeded by M. D. Banda

Simon Abeywickrema	Elected	Udugama	9 March 1940	4 July 1947	Succeeds Neil Hewavitarne

Bernard Aluwihare	Elected	Matale	22 February 1936

H. W. Amarasuriya	Elected	Galle	23,852	25 February 1936

Thomas Amarasuriya	Elected	Moratuwa	1942	4 July 1947	Succeeds W. A. de Silva

M. D. Banda	Elected	Nuwara Eliya	October 1943	Succeeds E. W. Abeygunasekera, Acting Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1945)

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Elected	Veyangoda	19 March 1936	Minister of Local Administration (1936-47)

Charles Batuwantudawe	Elected	Kalutara	29 February 1936	13 September 1940	Died in office, succeeded by Upali Batuwantudawe

Upali Batuwantudawe	Elected	Kalutara	Succeeds Charles Batuwantudawe

Clement Johnston Black	Appointed

P. B. Bulankulame	Elected	Anuradhapura	21 April 1945	4 July 1947	Succeeds H. R. Freeman

S. O. Canagaratnam	Elected	Batticaloa South	1936	1938	Died in office, succeeded by S. Dharmaretnam

Maurice John Cary	Appointed	European

Claude Corea	Elected	Chilaw	19 March 1936	1946	Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1936-46)

Wijeyananda Dahanayake	Elected	Bibile	1944	4 July 1947	Succeeds G. C. Rambukpotha

Susantha de Fonseka	Elected	Panadura	Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees (1936-47)

C. E. P. de Silva	Elected	Negombo	15 January 1938	1942	Succeeds A. E. Rajapakse. Died in office, succeeded by H. de Z. Siriwardena

George E. de Silva	Elected	Kandy	29 February 1936	Minister of Health (1942-47)

George R. de Silva	Elected	Colombo North	Succeeded Naysum Saravanamuttu

W. A. de Silva	Elected	Moratuwa	1936	19 March 1943	Minister of Health (1936-42) Resigned from office, succeeded by Thomas Amarasuriya

A. P. de Zoysa	Elected	Colombo South	10 October 1936

Francis de Zoysa	Elected	Balapitiya	22 February 1936

S. Dharmaretnam	Elected	Batticaloa South	17 September 1938	4 July 1947	Succeeds S. O. Canagaratnam

Waithilingam Duraiswamy	Elected	Kayts	15 January 1936	4 July 1947	Speaker (1936-47)

Razik Fareed	Appointed	Muslims	12 March 1936

H. R. Freeman	Elected	Anuradhapura	15 January 1936	1945	Died in office, succeeded by P. B. Bulankulame

R. P. Gaddum	Appointed	European	17 May 1938	10 January 1939	Succeeds E. C. Villiers. Resigned from office, succeeded by E. C. Villiers

H. A. Goonesekera	Elected	Balangoda	25 February 1936	25 May 1943	Dismissed from office, succeeded by Alexander Francis Molamure

A. E. Goonesinha	Elected	Colombo Central	22 February 1936	1942	Succeeded by M. C. M. Kaleel

Francis Huntly Griffith	Appointed

D. D. Gunasekera	Elected	Bandarawela	22 February 1936	25 May 1943	Resigned from office, succeeded by J. G. Rajakulendran

Philip Gunawardena	Elected	Avissawella	29 February 1936	July 1942	Vacated office in July 1942, succeeded by Bernard Jayasuriya

Senerat Gunewardene	Elected	Gampola	28 February 1936

Neil Hewavitarne	Elected	Udugama	27 February 1936	31 October 1939	Died in office, succeeded by Simon Abeywickrema

Raja Hewavitarne	Elected	Matara	5 March 1936

J. H. Ilangantileke	Elected	Puttalam	29 February 1936	27 July 1943	Died in office, succeeded by U. B. Wanninayake

Gnanamuthu Isaac	Elected	Mannar-Mullaitivu	1943	1944	Succeeds R. Sri Pathmanathan, succeeded by Jeganathan Tyagarajah

T. B. Jayah	Appointed	Muslims	12 March 1936	4 July 1947

A. P. Jayasuriya	Elected	Horana	25 February 1936	4 July 1947

Bernard Jayasuriya	Elected	Avissawella	28 February 1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds Philip Gunawardena

D. P. Jayasuriya	Elected	Gampaha	1936

D. B. Jayatilaka	Elected	Kelaniya	15 January 1936	1943	Minister of Home Affairs (1936-42), resigned from office, succeeded by J. R. Jayewardene

Robert Edward Jayatilaka	Elected	Ruwanwella	1939	4 July 1947	Succeeded N. M. Perera

J. R. Jayewardene	Elected	Kelaniya	1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds D. B. Jayatilaka

M. C. M. Kaleel	Elected	Colombo Central	1942	Succeeds A. E. Goonesinha

C. W. W. Kannangara	Elected	Matugama	1936	Minister of Education (1936-47)

R. C. Kannangara	Elected	Morawaka	3 March 1936	14 October 1946	Died in office, succeeded by S. A. Wickramasinghe

Henry Kotalawala	Elected	Badulla	26 October 1936

John Kotelawala	Elected	Kurunegala	15 January 1936	Minister of Communications and Works (1936-47)

Patrick de Silva Kularatne	Elected	Balapitiya

Jayaweera Kuruppu	Elected	Ratnapura	22 February 1936

A. Mahadeva	Elected	Jaffna	25 February 1936	4 July 1947	Minister of Home Affairs (1942-47)

Alexander Francis Molamure	Elected	Balangoda	October 1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds H. A. Goonesekera

V. Nalliah	Elected	Trincomalee-Batticaloa	1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds E. R. Tambimuttu

K. Natesa Iyer	Elected	Hatton	2 March 1936

S. Natesan	Elected	Kankesanthurai	27 February 1936	4 July 1947

Hubert Ernest Newnham	Appointed	6 March 1939	18 May 1943

E. A. Nugawela	Elected	Galagedara	24 February 1936

John William Oldfield	Appointed	European	28 April 1936

Howard Frank Parfitt	Appointed	12 March 1936	18 May 1943	Resigned from office.

I. X. Pereira	Appointed	Indian Tamils	12 March 1936	4 July 1947	Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce (1946-47)

N. M. Perera	Elected	Ruwanwella	28 February 1936	1939	Removed from office, succeeded by R. E. Jayetilleke

G. G. Ponnambalam	Elected	Point Pedro	22 February 1936	4 July 1947

J. G. Rajakulendran	Elected	Bandarawela	October 1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds D. D. Gunasekera

D. A. Rajapaksa	Elected	Hambantota	Succeeds D. M. Rajapaksa

D. M. Rajapaksa	Elected	Hambantota	17,046	7 March 1936	1945	Died in office, succeeded by D. A. Rajapaksa

A. E. Rajapakse	Elected	Negombo	1936	20 September 1937	Died in office, succeeded by C. E. P. de Silva

G. C. Rambukpotha	Elected	Bibile	5 March 1936	27 October 1943	Died in office. Succeeded by Wijeyananda Dahanayake

Abeyratne Ratnayaka	Elected	Dumbara	26 February 1936

Harris Leuke Ratwatte	Elected	Kegalle	5 March 1936

Siripala Samarakkody	Elected	Narammala	22 February 1936	August 1944	Died in office, succeeded by Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake

Naysum Saravanamuttu	Elected	Colombo North	22 February 1936	1941	Died in office, succeeded by George R. de Silva

Dudley Senanayake	Elected	Dedigama	17,045	2 March 1936	Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1946-47)

D. S. Senanayake	Elected	Minuwangoda	1936	Minister of Agriculture and Lands (1936-46)

Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake	Elected	Narammala	4 July 1947	Succeeds Siripala Samarakkody

H. de Z. Siriwardena	Elected	Negombo	1942	4 July 1947	Succeeds C. E. P. de Silva

Bennet Soysa	Elected	Nuwara Eliya

R. Sri Pathmanathan	Elected	Mannar-Mullaitivu	7 March 1936	1943	Died in office, succeeded by Gnanamuthu Isaac

E. R. Tambimuttu	Elected	Trincomalee-Batticaloa	22 February 1936	June 1943	Dismissed from office, succeeded by V. Nalliah

R. S. Tennekoon	Elected	Katugampola	3 March 1936	Deputy Chairman of Committees (1936-47)

Jeganathan Tyagarajah	Elected	Mannar-Mullaitivu	1944	Succeeds Gnanamuthu Isaac

Evelyn Charles Villiers	Appointed	European	12 March 1936 14 February 1939	30 April 1938 7 April 1947	Resigned from office, succeeded by R. P. Gaddum. Succeeds R. P. Gaddum

S. P. Vythilingam	Elected	Talawakelle	5 March 1936

David Wanigasekera	Elected	Weligama	29 February 1936	4 July 1947

U. B. Wanninayake	Elected	Puttalam	27 November 1943	4 July 1947	Succeeds J. H. Ilangantileke

George Roland Whitby	Appointed

S. A. Wickramasinghe	Elected	Morawaka	1946	4 July 1947	Succeeds R. C. Kannangara

George Alfred Henry Wille	Appointed	Burgher	12 March 1936	4 July 1947

Sentence(s)

Wijeyananda Dahanayake won the election in 1944.

final_sentence: Wijeyananda Dahanayake won the election in 1944.