1st State Council of Ceylon

1st State Council of Ceylon
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Overview
Meeting place Old Parliament Building
Term 7 July 1931 (1931-07-07) – 7 December 1935 (1935-12-07)
Election 13-20 June 1931
Website parliament.lk
State Councillors
Members 58
Speaker A. F. Molamure (1931-34)
F. A. Obeysekera (1934-35)
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees		 F. A. Obeysekera
Deputy Chairman of Committees M. M. Subramaniam
Leader of the House D. B. Jayatilaka

The 1st State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1931 state council election held between 13 and 20 June 1931. The parliament met for the first time on 7 July 1931 and was dissolved on 7 December 1935.

Election

The 1st state council election was held between 13 and 20 June 1931 in 37 of the 50 constituencies.[1] No nominations were received in four constituencies in the north of the country due to a boycott organised by the Jaffna Youth Congress.[1] The remaining nine constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.[1]

The new state council met for the first time on 7 July 1931 and elected A. F. Molamure, F. A. Obeysekera and M. M. Subramaniam as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Deputy Chairman of Committees respectively.[2] The seven chairman of the state council's executive committees, who were members of the Board of Ministers, were also appointed.[2] The state council was ceremonially opened on 10 July 1931.[2]

Following the end of the boycott in the north of the country by-elections were held in the four constituencies in early July 1934.[1] The newly elected members entered the state council on 17 July 1934.[1]

Members

Deaths, resignations and removals

The 1st state council saw the following deaths, resignations and removals from office:

  • 1931: Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu (Colombo North) unseated after being found guilty of corrupt practices by an election Judge.[3] His wife Naysum was elected in the ensuing by-election.[3]

List

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Name Appointed/
Elected		 Constituency Votes Majority Member
From		 Member
To		 Notes Refs
H. W. AmarasuriyaElectedUdugama1931[4]
D. D. AthulathmudaliElectedMatugama19311935[5]
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeElectedVeyangoda--1931[6]
Charles Batuwantudawe1931Minister of Local Administration
S. W. DassenaikeElectedColombo South1931[7]
Susantha de FonsekaElectedPanadura1931
W. A. de SilvaElectedMoratuwa1931[2]
A. Fellowes GordonElectedBandarawela9,0971931[8]
H. R. FreemanElectedAnuradhapura8,3111931[8]
A. E. GoonesinhaElectedColombo Central1931[1]
D. B. JayatilakaElectedKelaniya--1931Leader of the House, Minister of Home Affairs[9]
W. T. B. KaraliaddaElectedMatale1931[2]
C. W. W. KannangaraElectedGalle1931Minister of Education[10]
D. H. KotelawalaElectedBadulla--1931[8]
John KotelawalaElectedKurunegala1931[11]
Arunachalam MahadevaElectedJaffna19341935[1][12][13]
A. H. Macan MarkarElectedBatticaloa South1931Minister of Communications and Works[14]
Adeline MolamureElectedRuwanwella1931[15]
A. F. MolamureElectedDedigama1931Speaker (1931-34)
S. NatesanElectedKankesanthurai19341935[14][16]
F. A. ObeysekeraElectedAvissawella7,4241931Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees,
Speaker (1934-35)		[8]
T. B. PanabokkeElectedGampola1931Minister of Health
E. W. PereraElectedHorana1931[17]
G. G. PonnambalamElectedPoint Pedro19341935[1][18]
G. C. RambukpothaElectedBibile--1931[8]
M. K. SaldinAppointedMalays--1931[1]
Naysum SaravanamuttuElectedColombo North1931Succeeds Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu.[3]
Ratnasothy SaravanamuttuElectedColombo North19311931Unseated. Succeeded by Naysum Saravanamuttu.[3][14]
Stewart SchneiderAppointedBurghers--1931[2]
M. A. SeemanpillaiElectedMannar-Mullaitivu1931[1][14]
Nevins SelvaduraiElectedKayts19341935[1][14][19]
D. S. SenanayakeElectedMinuwangoda--1931Minister of Agriculture and Lands[20]
M. M. SubramaniamElectedTrincomalee-Batticaloa19311935Deputy Chairman of Committees[1][21]
Peri SundaramElectedHatton--1931Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce[22]
S. P. VythilingamElectedTalawakele1931[1]
S. A. WickremasingheElectedMorawaka1931[15]
V. S. de S. WikramanayakeElectedHambantota15,3841931[23]
Edwin WijeyeratneElectedKegalle19311935[24]
D. J. WimalasurendraElectedRatnapura1931
D. B. I. XavierAppointedIndian Tamils--1931[1]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "First State Council begins". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 8 July 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 181–182.
  4. ↑ Extracts from 'Nobodies to Somebodies - The Rise of the Colonial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka'
  5. ↑ Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. p. 13.
  6. ↑ Wijenayake, Walter (26 September 2008). "S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike- trail-blazing leader". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  7. ↑ Goonesinha, Ananda E. (22 April 2007). "Traversed new paths making History". Sunday Island (Sri Lanka).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Munasinghe, M. Sarath K. (31 March 2004). "Political clergymen of the past". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  9. ↑ Jayaweera, Stanley (18 July 2001). "Dharmaraja College Founder's Day Oration: Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka — a great legacy". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  10. ↑ Wijenayaka, Walter (24 September 2003). "C.W.W. Kannangara: Father of free education". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  11. ↑ Fernando, Shemal. "Sir John Lionel Kotelawala". Lanka Library.
  12. ↑ Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 94–95.
  13. ↑ Muttucumaraswamy, V. (1992). Some Eminent Tamils (PDF). Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka. p. 148.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Dissanayake, T. D. S. A. "Chapter 1: Was early universal franchise a disaster?". War or Peace... Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  15. 1 2 Wijenayake, Walter (20 December 2008). "Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 73 not out". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  16. ↑ Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). p. 118.
  17. ↑ "Vital document hidden in a shoe". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 25 January 2004.
  18. ↑ Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). p. 141.
  19. ↑ Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 188–189.
  20. ↑ Samarasinghe, L. M. (14 November 2002). "Book on "Agriculture and patriotism"". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  21. ↑ Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 212–213.
  22. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  23. ↑ Wijesinghe, Sam (25 December 2005). "D. A. Rajapaksa Memorial Oration: People and State Power". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
  24. ↑ Gurudeniya, Thushara (20 October 2007). "An illustrious son of Sabaragamuwa". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
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