T. F. Jayawardena

Hon. Major
Theodore Frederick Jayawardena
MP
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Colombo South
In office
November 1948 – February 1956
Preceded by R. A. de Mel
Succeeded by Bernard Soysa
Personal details
Born (1911-03-25)25 March 1911
Nationality Ceylonese
Political party United National Party
Profession politician
Military service
Service/branch Ceylon Defence Force
Rank Major
Unit Ceylon Light Infantry
Battles/wars World War II

Major Theodore Frederick "Freddy" Jayewardene (25 March 1911 – ?) was a Ceylonese politician.[1]

A rural sociologist, he served in the Ceylon Light Infantry, a reservist regiment of the Ceylon Defence Force reaching the rank of Major.

Jayawardena was first elected to parliament in 1948, as a result of a by-election in the Colombo South electorate in November that year, following the dismissal of the sitting member, Reginald Abraham de Mel.[2] He represented the United National Party and secured 5,997 votes (39% of the total vote).[3] Jayawardena was re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, where he received 10,918 votes (59% of the total vote) and 5,180 votes clear of his nearest rival.[4] Jayawardena was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Labour in the First Dudley Senanayake cabinet.[5][6]

He was the son of Colonel T. G. Jayewardene and Lena Attygalle. His cousin J R Jayewardene became the President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene married Philis Gunesekera, their daughter Thileka Jayewardene married Cecil Waidyaratne who became a General and Commander of the Sri Lankan Army.

References

  1. ↑ "Hon. Jayewardene, Theodore Frederick, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "He gave of his best, but died a disillusioned man". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 28 May 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Results of the Parliament By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  5. ↑ Ceylon Year Book 1951 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 27–28.
  6. ↑ He gave of his best, but died a disillusioned man


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