Executive Council of Ceylon

Executive Council of Ceylon
Executive Council for British Ceylon
History
Established	March 13, 1833
Disbanded	1947
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Leadership
British governors of Ceylon	Robert Wilmot-Horton - Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Seats	6 including Governor

The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833.

At its creation the Executive Council was headed by the Governor, along with five members appointed by the Governor. These five members were officials who held the posts of the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor-General, the Treasurer and the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. The Council exercised executive power and advised the governor. As a result of the First Manning Reforms three non-officials were elected to the executive council.

With enactment of the new constitution of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1947 the Executive Council was replaced by a National Cabinet.

Members of the Legislative Council

Official members

• Sir James Emerson Tennent
• Sir Henry Turner Irving
• Sir John Douglas
• Sir Everard im Thurn
• Sir Reginald Stubbs
• Sir Cecil Clementi
• Sir Bernard Bourdillon
• Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
• Sir Oliver Goonetilleke
• Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall (1942–1943)
• Lieutenant General Sir Francis Tuker (1944)
• Lieutenant General Sir Harry Wetherall (1943–1945)
• C. Nagalingam

Non-official members

• Sir Marcus Fernando

External links

• First taste of representative government
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