List of Mayors of Kandy

Mayor of Kandy
Incumbent
Kesara Senanayake
since 8 April 2018
Kandy Municipal Council
Style His Worship
Seat Kandy
Constituting instrument Municipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865
First holder Sir Cuda Ratwatte
Deputy Asanka Dodanwela

The Mayor of Kandy is the Mayor of (and head of) the Kandy Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The officers of the mayor are at the Kandy Town Hall. The mayor's legal title is His worship the Mayor of Kandy.

List of Mayors

Parties

  United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Independent

Name Date of office notes
Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar1939-40First elected mayor of Kandy
A. M. Spaar1941
Gate Mudaliyar Naganather Canaganayagam (CBE, JP)1942
Bennet Soysa1943-44
A. S. Karunaratna1945
Victor M. Guruswamy1946
Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva (MBE)1947Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954-57) and Ambassador to France (1968-71)
A. C. L. Ratwatte (MBE)1948
Bennet Soysa1949
Edward Lionel Senanayaka1950-54Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province[1]
Sir Bennet Soysa1954-56Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon
Edward Lionel Senanayaka1956-60
Sir Bennet Soysa1961-62
Noel Wimalasena1963
Edward Lionel Senanayaka1964-68
Sir Bennet Soysa1968-70
Tilak Ratnayake1979-90Governor of Uva Province (1990-93)
Chandra Ranaraja1990-91first female mayor of Kandy
Don Edmund Pathirane1991-97
Harindra Dunuwille1997-2002Member of Parliament (1989-94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs
Kesera Senanayake2002-06[2]
L. B. Aluvihare2006-10
Rajapathiranalage Sarath Pushpakumara2010-11
Mahendra Ratwatte2011 - 19 November 2015Resigned as mayor to take on the role of Basnayake Nilame of the Kandy Sri Vishnu Devala[3]
Sena Dissanayake19 November 2015[4] - ?
Kesera Senanayake8 April 2018-present[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tribute to Desamanya E.L. Senanayake". Daily News. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Muller, Carl (16 June 2002). "Exclusive interview with the Mayor of Kandy, Mr. Kesara Senanayake - of rotten apples and toilet water!". The Island. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy". Daily Mirror. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "New Kandy mayor assumes duty". Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Senaratne, L. B. (8 April 2018). "UNP's Kesera wins Kandy's mayoral battle amid UPFA, JVP neutrality". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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