The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election...
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The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council...
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D. S. Senanayake (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
elected to the State Council of Ceylon, where he served as Minister of Agriculture and Lands. He was elected to the first Parliament of Ceylon forming a government...
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C. W. W. Kannangara (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
National Party. Later, he became the first Minister of Education in the State Council of Ceylon, and was instrumental in introducing extensive reforms...
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Dudley Senanayake (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
statesman who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1952 to 1953 (first term as the second prime minister of Ceylon), in 1960 (second term), and from 1965...
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Barnes Ratwatte (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
headman. He was a member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. He was appointed to the posts of Rate Mahatmaya of Balangoda and Dissawa by the...
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Don Baron Jayatilaka (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon; the Minister for Home Affairs and Leader of the House of the State Council of Ceylon; and Representative of Government...
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T. B. Jayah (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
members for the State Council. Jayah contested for the Colombo Central electorate, but was defeated by a prominent politician, the Ceylon Labour Party leader...
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
the State Council of Ceylon for two terms between 1931 and 1947, while serving in the second term as Minister of Local Administration in the Board of Ministers...
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John Kotelawala (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
elected to the State Council of Ceylon. He went on to serve as Minister of Communications and Works in the Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon. Having served...
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