Henry Abeywickrema
Henry Abeywickrema (27 December 1905 - 29 August 1976) was a Sri Lankan politician.[1]
Henry Abeywickrema was born in 1905 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College and St. Aloysious' College in Galle.
Following the death of his older brother, Simon on 2 May 1948, Abeywickrema contested the July by-election for his brother's seat of Baddegama. He was however soundly beaten by over 6,500 votes by the United National Party candidate, H. W. Amarasuriya.[2] In 1951 he joined the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
He re-contested the Baddegama electorate at the 2nd parliamentary election in May 1952, successfully defeating the sitting member, H. W. Amarasuriya, by 7,752 votes.[3] Abeywickrema retained his seat at the 1956 parliamentary elections, increasing his majority to 56%.[4] Following which he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet[5][6][7] and Minister for Works in the Dahanayake cabinet. He did not contest the 1960 parliamentary elections.
References
- ^ "Hon. Abeywickrema, Henry, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Results of By-Elections subsequent to Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 9–10.
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