J. C. W. Munasinha

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Welikala James Charles Munasinha was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the Minister of Industries and Fisheries and Member of Parliament from the Chilaw.

He first contested the 1947 general elections from the Chilaw electorate as an independent candidate without success. He again contested the 1952 general elections from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in Chilaw, again without success. He was successful in the 1956 general elections, beating the incumbent Shirley Corea and was elected to the House of Representatives from Chilaw. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike appointed Munasinha as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries in 1956 and in June 1959 he was promoted to Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries and continued in the cabinet of W. Dahanayake. He was re-elected in the 1960 March general elections, but was defeated in the 1960 July general elections. He unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general elections.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e ← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)–1959) →
Speaker: Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera
Eastern Province (7)	S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. S. Kariapper Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam
Northern Province (9)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (7)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. D. Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (20)	S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Cholomondeley Goonewardene Robert Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe Sagara Palansuriya Dayasena Pasqual Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Bernard Soysa M. S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene
Appointed (6)	M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum (O. B. Forbes) Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

v t e ← Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)) →
Speaker: Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: C. P. de Silva
Central Province (23)	S. S. Abeysundara Bernard Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda R. R. D. Bandaranayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne T. B. Jayasundera D. H. Jayawickrema U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa C. A. S. Marikkar Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Donald J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera Noel Wimalasena
Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. S. Kariapper M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Wijayabahu Wijayasinha
Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam
North Central Province (8)	A. H. de Silva C. P. de Silva Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon
North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari E. M. R. B. Ekanayake Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle L. B. Jayasena M. H. M. Naina Marikar D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon R. B. Tennekoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (17)	M. L. M. Aboosally P. B. Bandaranayake D. F. Hettiarachchi P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena A. E. B. Kiriella Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake H. G. Somabandu H. Weragama Soma Wickremanayake
Southern Province (19)	W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Prins Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrama P. L. Jinadasa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse R. G. Samaranayake Senapala Samarasekera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Justin Wijayawardhene
Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Gunasekera S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Bibile Fonseka Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de Silva Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman R. B. Lenora Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe A. J. Niyathapala James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Pasqual K. E. Perera Paris Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Edmund Samarawickrema M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)	Veloo Annamalay Vernon Jonklaas Mohamed Izadeen Mohamed Robert Singleton-Salmon Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Amaradasa Ratnapala

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