Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon

Second Board of Ministers

23rd cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed March 1936
Date dissolved June 1947
People and organisations
Head of government Guy Stanley Wodeman (1940–42)
Robert Drayton
Deputy head of government Don Baron Jayatilaka (1936–42)
D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)
Head of state Edward VIII
George VI
Ministers removed
(Death/resignation/dismissal)
5
Total number of ministers 15
History
Election(s) 1936
Outgoing election 1947
Legislature term(s) 2nd
Predecessor First Board of Ministers
Successor D. S. Senanayake cabinet

The Second Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1936 and 1947. It was formed in March 1936 after the state council election and it ended in June 1947 with dissolution of the 2nd State Council. The Board of Ministers consisted of ten members, three ex-officio British officials (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Legal Secretary) and the chairmen of the State Council's seven executive committees.[1][2] The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.[3]

Members

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Minister Office Took office Left office
Guy Stanley Wodeman Chief Secretary 1940 1942
Robert Drayton Chief Secretary[4][5] 1942
H. S. Huxham Financial Secretary[6]
Oliver Goonetilleke Financial Secretary[7][8] 1945
Robert Drayton Legal Secretary[4][9] 1942
Barclay Nihill Legal Secretary[4] 1942
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Local Administration 1936 1947
Claude Corea Minister of Labour, Industry & Commerce 1936 1947
W. A. de Silva Minister of Health 1936 1947
Don Baron Jayatilaka Minister of Home Affairs 1936 1942
C. W. W. Kannangara Minister of Education 1936 1947
John Kotelawala Minister of Communications & Works 1936 1947
Arunachalam Mahadeva Minister of Home Affairs 1942 1947
D. S. Senanayake Minister of Agriculture & Lands 1936 1946
Dudley Senanayake Minister of Agriculture & Lands 1946 1947

References

  1. Wijeweera, B. S. (12 April 2009). "Re-Visiting the Donoughmore Ex-Co system". The Island.
  2. Guruge, Ananda W. P. (2010). Free at Last in Paradise. AuthorHouse. p. 683.
  3. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1988). The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. C. Hurst & Co. p. 14.
  4. 1 2 3 O'Regan, John (1994). From Empire To Commonwealth: Reflections on a Career in Britain's Oversea Service. The Radcliffe Press. pp. 56–57.
  5. Jennings, Ivor (October 1953). "Nationalism and Political Development in Ceylon (2): The Background of Self-Government". The Ceylon Historical Journal. III (2): 101.
  6. Peebles, Patrick (2001). The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 213.
  7. "Ceremonial head is changed". The Sunday Times. 8 March 2009.
  8. Leonard, Elmo (12 December 2006). "Oliver Goonetilleke, greatest son of post colonial Sri Lanka". Daily News.
  9. "Serving under 6 PMs!". The Sunday Times. 25 November 2007.
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