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    Adeline, Lady Molamure, CBE (née Meedeniya; 1890 – 1977) was the first female member of State Council of Ceylon, and therefore, the first elected female...
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    representative was Adeline Molamure, elected to the State Council, daughter of J. H. Meedeniya and wife of Alfred Francis Molamure, both State Councillors...
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  • Kuru-Utumpala The first Sri Lankan to climb to the summit of Mount Everest Adeline Molamure CBE, first female member of State Council of Ceylon (1931) Farah Rumy...
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  • proportions have been low. Adeline Molamure became the first female parliamentarian when she was elected in 1931. Molamure went onto serve as the Deputy...
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  • the Senate of Ceylon. She was the daughter of Sir Francis Molamure and Lady Adeline Molamure. Their children were Lakshman Chandra Seneviratne (L. C. Seneviratne)...
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  • Member of the State Council – Adeline Molamure – 1931 Member of Parliament – Florence Senanayake – 1947 Senator – Adeline Molamure – 1947 Minister of Health...
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    founder of Lake House newspaper group) and his younger daughter was Adeline Molamure, succeeded her father and was elected to his seat and became the first...
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  • Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, KBE (7 February 1888 – 25 January 1951; commonly known as Sir Francis Molamure or A. F. Molamure) was a Ceylonese politician...
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  • Sir Alexander Francis Molamure (the first speaker of both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Ceylon) and Lady Adeline (the first female member...
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    University of Ceylon. Sir Cyril de Zoysa was elected as president and Lady Adeline Molamure as deputy president on 15 February 1955. Senate of Ceylon "Ceylon (Constitution)...
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