# List of senators of Ceylon

This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon.

## Presidents of the Senate

* Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 – )
* Nicholas Attygalle (1952–1955)
* Cyril de Zoysa (1955–1961)
* Sarath Wijesinghe (1962–1965)
* Thomas Amarasuriya (1963–65)
* Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965–1971)

## Deputy presidents of the Senate

* Peri Sundaram (1947 – )
* Frank Gunasekera (1948–1951)
* Cyril de Zoysa (1951–1955)
* Adeline Molamure (1955 – )
* B. H. Dunuwille
* S. D. S. Somaratne

## Leaders of the Senate

* Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951)
* Oliver Goonetilleke (1951–1954)

## Senators

* N. M. Appuhamy, elected UNP
* Kurbanhusen Adamaly (1949–61), appointed.
* J. A. Amaratunga, appointed
* Thomas Amarasuriya (1953–65), UNP/SLFP
* Nicholas Attygalle (1952–), appointed
* A. M. A. Azeez (1952–63), appointed, UNP/independent
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–65), SLFP
* I. A. Cader (1969–1970), appointed
* Mohamed Shums Cassim (1953–54), elected
* C. Coomaraswamy (1947–1950), appointed
* Cissy Cooray (1947–1952), appointed – first woman appointed to the Senate
* Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected
* R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected
* Evadne de Silva
* Evelyn de Soysa (1958–1963),
* M. W. H. de Silva
* Cyril de Zoysa (1947–), elected
* M. P. de Zoysa (1960–1971), appointed
* Doric de Souza, LSSP
* B. H. Dunuwille
* Sam Peter Christopher Fernando
* Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947–), appointed
* Oliver Goonetilleke (1947–1948;1951–1954), appointed
* Frank Gunasekera (1947–), appointed
* A. R. M. Hameem (1963–1969), appointed
* L. L. Hunter (1950–1953), appointed
* Sir Herbert Eric Jansz (1947–1950), appointed
* J. P. Jayasena
* Ukwatte Jayasundera
* A. P. Jayasuriya
* Clodagh Jayasuriya, UNP, elected (October 1953 – 1956)
* N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957–)
* Valentine S. Jayawickrema
* Stanley Kalpage
* S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949–57), appointed, UNP/ACTC
* E. W. Kannangara (1954–1959), elected SLFP
* M. D. Kitchilan (1965–1971), appointed
* John Kotelawala, UNP
* Justin Kotelawala (1947–1954), elected, UNP
* Dr R. B. Lenora
* M. Manickam, ITAK
* Mohamed Macan Markar (1947–1952), appointed
* S. M. H. Mashoor (1965–1971), elected
* Adeline Molamure (1947–), elected
* S. Z. Mashoor Moulana (1967), elected
* S. Nadarajah (1965–71), ACTC
* S. Nadesan (1947–71)
* S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai)
* Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951–57), LSSP
* E. M. V. Naganathan (1947–), elected, ACTC/ITAK
* Jinadasa Niyathapala, appointed 1960–1964
* James Peter Obeyesekere III
* Bertram Ivor Palipane (1952–57), elected
* Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954–)
* M. V. P Peiris
* D. W. J. Perera (1947–), elected
* Reginald Perera (1959–71), MEP
* D. M. Rajapaksa
* Lalitha Rajapakse (1947–), appointed
* A. B. Rajendra (1947–), appointed
* Abeyratne Ratnayaka
* Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected
* Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected
* Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik (1947–1952), elected
* Philip Rodrigo
* Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947–), appointed
* H. de Z. Siriwardena (1952–), appointed
* Seetha Seneviratne (1967–)
* Robert Singleton-Salmon (1950–1951), appointed
* Bennet Soysa (1947–), elected
* Peri Sundaram (1947–), elected, CIC
* John Tarbat (1947–), appointed
* M. Tiruchelvam (1965–71), Federal Party
* Heen Banda Udurawana
* Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1952–1956), appointed
* Donatius Victoria (1947–), appointed
* A. F. Wijemanne
* Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
* Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947-), appointed
* Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951), appointed
* E. B. Wikramanayake
* G. P. Wickramarachchi (1947–1960), appointed
* T. Y. Wright (1947–), appointed