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The second '''election to the [[State Council of Ceylon]]''' was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/election_dates.jsp|title=Dates of Elections|work=Handbook of Parliament|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
The second '''election to the [[State Council of Ceylon]]''' was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/election_dates.jsp|title=Dates of Elections|work=Handbook of Parliament|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=6 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324191130/http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/election_dates.jsp|archivedate=24 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
The [[Ceylonese State Council election, 1931|first State Council]] was dissolved on 7 December 1935 and candidate nominations took place on 15 January 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/handbook_of_parliament.jsp|title=Duration of Parliament |work=Handbook of Parliament|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref> Seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.<ref name="Rajasingham8">{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html|title=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy |last=K T Rajasingham |date=29 September 2001|work=SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY|publisher=Asia Times|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref> Elections in the remaining 41 constituencies took place between 22 February and 7 March 1936.
The [[Ceylonese State Council election, 1931|first State Council]] was dissolved on 7 December 1935 and candidate nominations took place on 15 January 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/handbook_of_parliament.jsp|title=Duration of Parliament|work=Handbook of Parliament|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=6 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324191038/http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/handbook_of_parliament.jsp|archivedate=24 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.<ref name="Rajasingham8">{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html|title=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy |last=K T Rajasingham |date=29 September 2001|work=SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY|publisher=Asia Times|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref> Elections in the remaining 41 constituencies took place between 22 February and 7 March 1936.


==Elected members==
==Elected members==
The following were some of the elected members, by constituency:
The following were some of the elected members, by constituency:
* [[Avissawella]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[Philip Gunawardena]], [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]].<ref name="dn260309">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/26/fea01.asp|title=Philip Gunawardena: an illustrious son of the soil|last=W. T. A. Leslie FERNANDO|date=26 March 2009|publisher=Daily News, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Avissawella]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[Philip Gunawardena]], [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]].<ref name="dn260309">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/26/fea01.asp|title=Philip Gunawardena: an illustrious son of the soil|last=W. T. A. Leslie FERNANDO|date=26 March 2009|publisher=Daily News, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130219003548/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/26/fea01.asp|archivedate=19 February 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Batticaloa]] South, [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] - Sinnakutty Udayar Canagaratnam.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Batticaloa]] South, [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] - Sinnakutty Udayar Canagaratnam.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Bibile]], [[Uva Province]] - [[Wijeyananda Dahanayake]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebottomline.lk/2008/01/02/B21.htm|title=Gentlemen MPs of yesteryear |last=T. Sabaratnam|date=2 January 2008|work=As I See It|publisher=The Bottom Line, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Bibile]], [[Uva Province]] - [[Wijeyananda Dahanayake]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebottomline.lk/2008/01/02/B21.htm|title=Gentlemen MPs of yesteryear |last=T. Sabaratnam|date=2 January 2008|work=As I See It|publisher=The Bottom Line, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
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* [[Dedigama]], [[Sabaragamuwa Province]] - [[Dudley Senanayake]], polled 17,045 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/000917/plus8.html|title=Sagacious Senanayakes of Sri Lankan politics|last=P.M. Senaratne|date=17 September 2000|publisher=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Dedigama]], [[Sabaragamuwa Province]] - [[Dudley Senanayake]], polled 17,045 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/000917/plus8.html|title=Sagacious Senanayakes of Sri Lankan politics|last=P.M. Senaratne|date=17 September 2000|publisher=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Galle]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - [[H. W. Amarasuriya]]<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3065.htm Jayawickrama/Amarasuriya Ancestry]</ref><ref>[http://www.island.lk/2005/07/03/features7.html ‘Kotelawelism’ Men and Memories]</ref>
* [[Galle]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - [[H. W. Amarasuriya]]<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3065.htm Jayawickrama/Amarasuriya Ancestry]</ref><ref>[http://www.island.lk/2005/07/03/features7.html ‘Kotelawelism’ Men and Memories]</ref>
* [[Hambantota]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - D.M. Rajapaksa, polled 17,046 votes.<ref name="so251205">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html|title=People and State Power |last=Wijesinghe|first=Sam|date=25 December 2005|publisher=Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Hambantota]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - D.M. Rajapaksa, polled 17,046 votes.<ref name="so251205">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html|title=People and State Power|last=Wijesinghe|first=Sam|date=25 December 2005|publisher=Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111144/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html|archivedate=5 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Hatton, Sri Lanka|Hatton]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]] - [[K. Natesa Iyer]].<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Hatton, Sri Lanka|Hatton]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]] - [[K. Natesa Iyer]].<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Jaffna]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] - [[Arunachalam Mahadeva]].<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Jaffna]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] - [[Arunachalam Mahadeva]].<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
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* [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Mannar]]-[[Mullaitivu]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] - R. Sri Pathmanathan.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Mannar]]-[[Mullaitivu]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] - R. Sri Pathmanathan.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Matale]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]] - Bernard Aluvihare.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/04/24/features3.html|title=The battle of the Gulliver and the Lilliputian|last=Kurukularatnae|first=Buddhika|date=24 April 2005|publisher=Sunday Island, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Matale]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]] - Bernard Aluvihare.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/04/24/features3.html|title=The battle of the Gulliver and the Lilliputian|last=Kurukularatnae|first=Buddhika|date=24 April 2005|publisher=Sunday Island, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Matugama]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[C. W. W. Kannangara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/09/22/fea08.html|title=Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara father of free education |date=22 September 2001|publisher=Daily News, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Matugama]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[C. W. W. Kannangara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/09/22/fea08.html|title=Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara father of free education|date=22 September 2001|publisher=Daily News, Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030828092512/http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/09/22/fea08.html|archivedate=28 August 2003|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Minuwangoda]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[Don Stephen Senanayake]], elected unopposed.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* [[Minuwangoda]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] - [[Don Stephen Senanayake]], elected unopposed.<ref name="Rajasingham8"/>
* Morawaka, [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - R. C. Kannangara.<ref name="so251205"/>
* Morawaka, [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] - R. C. Kannangara.<ref name="so251205"/>

Revision as of 09:48, 2 August 2017

2nd Ceylonese State Council election
← 1931 22 February 1936 - 7 March 1936 1947 →
50 seats to the State Council of Ceylon
26 seats were needed for a majority

The second election to the State Council of Ceylon was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.[1]

Background

The first State Council was dissolved on 7 December 1935 and candidate nominations took place on 15 January 1936.[2] Seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.[3] Elections in the remaining 41 constituencies took place between 22 February and 7 March 1936.

Elected members

The following were some of the elected members, by constituency:

References

  1. ^ "Dates of Elections". Handbook of Parliament. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Duration of Parliament". Handbook of Parliament. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o K T Rajasingham (29 September 2001). "Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy". SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY. Asia Times. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b W. T. A. Leslie FERNANDO (26 March 2009). "Philip Gunawardena: an illustrious son of the soil". Daily News, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ T. Sabaratnam (2 January 2008). "Gentlemen MPs of yesteryear". As I See It. The Bottom Line, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  6. ^ Ananda E. Goonesinha (22 April 2004). "Traversed new paths making History". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ^ P.M. Senaratne (17 September 2000). "Sagacious Senanayakes of Sri Lankan politics". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  8. ^ Jayawickrama/Amarasuriya Ancestry
  9. ^ ‘Kotelawelism’ Men and Memories
  10. ^ a b c Wijesinghe, Sam (25 December 2005). "People and State Power". Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Kurukularatnae, Buddhika (24 April 2005). "The battle of the Gulliver and the Lilliputian". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara father of free education". Daily News, Sri Lanka. 22 September 2001. Archived from the original on 28 August 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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