Wijayapala Mendis

The Honourable Wijayapala Mendis MP
Personal details
Born	16 December 1928 British Ceylon
Died	1 September 2012(2012-09-01) (aged 83) Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political affiliations	People's Alliance
Alma mater	Maris Stella College, Negombo Harischandra National College, Negombo
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Thenahandi Wijayapala Hector Mendis (16 December 1928 – 1 September 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Life and career

Mendis was born on 16 December 1928, third child of the former mayor of Negombo and Magilin, Mudliyar David Mendis.^[1] He began his political career by joining UNP Youth League of Negombo at age 19 and was elected the Mayor of Negombo in 1954.^[1]

In 1960 he entered Parliament from the Katana electorate as a UNP candidate, and was re-elected in 1965^[2] when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works, Post and Telecommunications.^[3] Except for a brief period after the defeat at the 1970 general election^[4] he represented the seat until 1989. After the landslide victory by the UNP in the 1977 general election, he was appointed Minister of Textile Industries in 1977 and in 1989 he was Minister of Transport and Highways.^[3] In 1993 after the assassination of President Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe became Prime Minister, he was appointed Leader of the House.^[5]

Mendis became the Chief Opposition Whip^[6] after the 1994 parliamentary election until 1998 when he joined the People's Alliance Government with the UNP alternative group in opposition to the UNP leadership.^[3] He lost his seat in 2001.

References

1 2 Wimalaratne, Sarath (16 December 2012). ""Devout Buddhist, extraordinary husband and father, and man of the people"". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
↑ ""RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 22/03/1965"" (PDF). Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
1 2 3 ""Wijayapala Mendis passes away"". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 2 September 2012.
↑ ""RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - May 27, 1970"" (PDF). Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
↑ "Leaders of the House". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
↑ "Chief Opposition Whips". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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← Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)) →

Speaker: Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: C. P. de Silva

Central Province (23)	S. S. Abeysundera Bernard Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda R. R. D. Bandaranayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne T. B. Jayasundera D. H. Jayawickrema U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa C. A. S. Marikkar Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Donald J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera N. Wimalasena

Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. S. Kariapper M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Wijayabahu Wijayasinha

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	A. H. de Silva C. P. de Silva Sirimewan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon

North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari E. M. R. B. Ekanayake Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinghe Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon R. B. Tennekoon

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	P. B. Bandaranayake D. F. Hettiarachchi P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena A. E. B. Kiriella Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake H. G. Somabandu H. Weragama Soma Wickremanayake

Southern Province (19)	W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Prins Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrama P. L. Jinadasa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa R. G. Samaranayake Senapala Samarasekera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Justin C. Wijayawardhene

Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Gunasekera M. S. A. Peiris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva

Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Bibile Fonseka Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de S. Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman R. B. Lenora Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe A. J. Niyathapala James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. E. Perera Paris Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Edmund Samarawickrema M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)	*This list is unfinished.

← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) →

Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake

Central Province (23)	Bernard Aluwihare Alick Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya

Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Manickarajah S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena Soysa

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah V. Navaratnam E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimewan Godage K. B. Ratnayake E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon

North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari M. A. J. Wijesinghe Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame Jaya Pathirana Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon Kavisena Herath U.B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera Premachandra Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara

Southern Province (19)	K. H. G. Albert S. W. Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa Don Edwin Thilakeratne H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya

Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva

Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva Vivienne Goonewardena Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando Meryl Fernando Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha

Appointed (6)	Badi-ud-din Mahmud Singleton Salman Savumiamoorthy Thondaman *This list is unfinished.

← Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon (1965 (1965)-1970) →

Speaker: Albert Peries/Shirley Corea Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province (23)	George Abeyagoonasekera S. S. Abeysundara Alick Aluwihare W. M. G. T. Banda M. A. Daniel L. B. Dassanayake Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath C. Karunaratne R. Kulatillake P. G. Muthubanda H. M. Navaratne D. B. Ranatunga D. J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake Hemachandra Sirisena T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Weerakoon R. P. Wijesiri Edmund Wijesuriya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga N. Wimalasena S. B. Yalegama

Eastern Province (11)	K. W. Devanayagam M. S. Kariapper M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed S. M. Manickarajah M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai S. M. Rasamanickam Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe Senerath Somaratne

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam S. Kathiravelupillai E. M. V. Naganathan V. Navaratnam V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam K. P. Ratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	C. P. de Silva E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala K. B. Ratnayake Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon Leelaratne Wijesinghe

North Western Province (16)	M. D. Banda D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara Shirley Corea Herath Ekanayake S. B. Herat I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla M. H. Naina Marikkar Festus Perera Albert Peries Hugh Fernando R. R. W. Rajapakse Leticia Rajapakse Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake J. L. Sirisena Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon U. B. Wanninayake Dingiri Bandara Welagedara

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	Dhanapala Attygalle C. R. Beligammana D. F. Hettiarachchi P. C. Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena W. A. Dharmadasa H. Kularatne Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera P. B. Wijesundara

Southern Province (19)	Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis A. D. S. de Silva L. C. de Silva Lakshman de Silva William de Silva Ronnie de Mel Charles Edirisuriya Prins Gunasekera Sirisena Hettige Montague Jayawickrama C. N. Kannangara George Rajapaksa M. H. Saddhasena R. G. Samaranayake Albert Kariyawasam Edwin Tillekeratne B. Y. Tudawe Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe

Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Dharmadasa Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Appuhamy S. A. Peiris Kusuma Rajaratne Percy Samaraweera C. P. J. Seneviratne Raja Welegama

Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike Falil Caffoor Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Denzil Fernando Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena Philip Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de S. Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena J. R. Jayewardene Pieter Keuneman Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis M. H. Mohamed Anil Moonesinghe Colvin R. de Silva Mangala Moonesinghe S. Obeyesekera Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa D. S. Samarasinghe T. B. Ilangaratne M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)	V. Annamalai Razik Fareed Savumiamoorthy Thondaman *This list is unfinished.

← Members of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1970 (1970)–1977) →

Speaker: Stanley Tillekeratne Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: J. R. Jayewardene

Central Province (23)	M. S. Aluthgamage P. G. Ariyatillake Gamini Dissanayake A. G. Fernando Monty Gopallawa Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath Thamara Ilangaratna D. M. Jayaratne T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Hector Kobbekaduwa R. Kulatillake H. M. Navaratne E. L. Senanayake Hemachandra Sirisena P. Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Richard Udugama P. B. Unantenne J. D. Weerasekera N. Wimalasena S. B. Yalegama

Eastern Province (11)	M. C. Ahamed K. W. Devanayagam A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. M. Mustapha B. Neminathan C. Rajadurai P. R. Selvanayagam Senerath Somaratne S. Thambirajah A. Thangathurai

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone S. A. Raheem V. Anandasangaree C. Arulampalam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam K. Jeyakody S. Kathiravelupillai C. X. Martyn V. N. Navaratnam K. P. Ratnam X. M. Sellathambu A. Thiagarajah K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	T. B. Herath A. M. Jinadasa R. B. Ratnamalala A. M. S. Adhikari K. B. Ratnayake Maithripala Senanayake Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon Leelaratne Wijesinghe

North Western Province (16)	S. M. Asenkudhoos M. H. Naina Marikkar Tissa Balalla Augustheenu Fonseka M. Herat S. B. Herat S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena G. W. Samarasinghe Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Protus Tissera P. B. Wettewa D. P. Wickramasinghe M. A. J. Wijesinghe P. Wijesinghe S. Wijewardena

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya Nanda Ellawala Piyadasa Harischandra P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Sarath Muttetuwegama Vasudeva Nanayakkara N. M. Perera P. R. Ratnayake Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne W. A. A. Sirisena Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Dhanapala Weerasekera P. O. Wimalanaga

Southern Province (19)	Sumanapala Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Ronnie de Mel L. C. de Silva Pettagan Weerasinghe de Silva Henry William Dissanayake Prins Gunasekera Panini Ilangakoon Albert Kariyawasam M. G. Mendis Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Roy Don Rajapaksa Senapala Samarasekera Edirisuriya Tennyson B. Y. Tudawe S. A. Wickramasinghe

Uva Province (10)	R. M. Appuhamy W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara R. M. Bandara W. M. R. S. B. Delungahawatta A. M. Jayawardena S. A. S. Somapala Raja Welegama D. D. E. Wickremaratne

Western Province (35)	Kusala Abhayawardana Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike A. T. Basnayake I. A. Abdul Cader Falil Caffoor Somaweera Chandrasiri Dharmasena Attygalle Wimalasiri de Mel Colvin R. de Silva K. C. de Silva Wijayapala Mendis Denzil Fernando Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena Vivienne Goonewardena Chandra Gunasekera T. B. Ilangaratne Lakshman Jayakody Bonnie Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene Pieter Keuneman A. D. J. L. Leo Mangala Moonesinghe S. Obeyesekera Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Paris Perera Joseph Michael Perera R. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Wilfred Senanayake M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa Vincent Perera S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Herbert Wickramasinghe Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)	Abd al-Aziz M. D. S. Jayawardene S. S. Kulatilake Badi-ud-din Mahmud J. E. J. Rodrigo M. C. Subramaniam Chelliah Kumarasuriyar *Appointed MPs were abolished in 1972 by the First Republican Constitution

← Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1977 (1977)–1989) →

Speaker: Anandatissa de Alwis/Abdul Bakeer Markar/E. L. Senanayake Prime Minister: J. R. Jayewardene/Ranasinghe Premadasa Leader of the Opposition: A. Amirthalingam/Anura Bandaranaike

Central Province (24)	George Abeyagoonasekera S. S. Abeysundara Alick Aluwihare R. B. Attanayake J. G. Wijeratne Banda W. M. G. T. Banda Anura Bandaranaike D. M. Chandrapala R. P. Wijesiri M. A. Daniel Ananda Dassanayake Gamini Dissanayake W. M. P. B. Dissanayake K. W. R. M. Ekananayake Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Renuka Herath C. Karunaratne P. B. Kaviratne Gamini Rajapakse Shelton Ranarajah E. L. Senanayake Savumiamoorthy Thondaman T. B. Werapitiya R. P. Wijesiri L. M. Wijesiri Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

Eastern Province (12)	M. L. Ahamed Fareeth M. Canagaratnam Ranganayaki Pathmanathan P. Dayaratna K. W. Devanayagam P. Ganeshalingam M. A. M. Jalaldeen H. D. L. Leelaratne M. E. H. Maharoof M. A. Abdul Majeed Abdul Rasak Mansoor C. Rajadurai R. Sampanthan

Northern Province (14)	A. Amirthalingam V. Anandasangaree V. Dharmalingam S. Kathiravelupillai M. Alalasundaram V. N. Navaratnam T. Rasalingam K. P. Ratnam X. M. Sellathambu M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam P. S. Soosaithasan T. Thirunavukarasu Neelan Tiruchelvam K. Thurairatnam V. Yogeswaran

North Central Province (10)	A. M. S. Adikari K. D. M. C. Bandara Merril de Silva S. B. Wijekoon A. D. B. Ekanayake W. Y. Herath E. L. B. Hurulle G. D. Mahindasoma H. G. P. Nelson Maithripala Senanayake Dayaratne Walagambahu

North Western Province (19)	H. B. Abeyratne S. W. Alawatuwala Harindra Corea S. B. Herat Harold Herath J. A. D. S. R. Jayakody Lionel Jayatillake H. M. A. Lokubanda M. H. Naina Marikkar Festus Perera Gamini Jayawickrama Perera G. M. Premachandra Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake Kalubanda Ratnayake J. L. Sirisena Saddhatissa Wadigamangawa Asoka Wadigamangawa H. B. Wanninayake Dingiri Bandara Welagedara Ukkubanda Wijekoon

Sabaragamuwa Province (17)	M. L. M. Aboosally Gamini Atukorale C. R. Beligammana Chandrasekera Gankanda P. C. Imbulana Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne H. Kularatne Mervyn Kularatne Leonard Kiriella, Wimal Wickramasinghe Nanda Mathew K. Vincent Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Sarath Mutteguwegama G. V. Punchinilame N. A. Seneviratne Wasantha Udayaratne A. K. D. Wanigaratne Nissanka Wijeyeratne

Southern Province (21)	Keerthisena Abeywickrama Sumanadasa Abeywickrema Richard Pathirana Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri Ranjit Atapattu P. M. B. Cyril Ronnie de Mel P. S. Galappaththi Albert de Silva Wijeyananda Dahanayake T. D. Fransisku K. Ananda Kularatne Montague Jayawickrama Rupasena Karunatilake D. E. Malawaraarachchi Chandrakumara Wijaya Gunawardena S. K. Piyadasa Bandulahewa Senadheera P. Sumathiratne G. V. S. de Silva Raitor Thilakasekara M. H. K. Jagathsena Edwin Tillekeratne Somaratne Asokaweera Norman Waidyaratna Harshanath Wanigasekera Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Jinadasa Weerasinghe Dayananda Wickremasinghe E. D. Wickrematilaka Amarasiri Dodangoda

Uva Province (12)	R. M. Abeykoon R. M. Apphamy Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Punchi Bandara R. M. Karunaratne W. M. Karunaratne J. M. Kumaradasa W. J. M. Lokubandara D. Vincent Perera Percy Samaraweera C. P. J. Seneviratne Lakshman Senewiratne Samaraweera Weerawanni

Western Province (39)	Lalith Athulathmudali Dharmasena Attygalle Gamini Lokuge Sirimavo Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake M. Jabir A. Cader Anandatissa de Alwis N. Denzil Fernando Neville Fernando Tyronne Fernando Bennet Gunasekera Premaratne Gunasekera Dinesh Gunawardena Tudor Gunasekera Jayakody Kamalawarana Indradasa Hettiarachchi M. Haleem Ishak D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de S. Jayasinghe Sunethra Rupasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya Ariyaratne Jayatillake M. D. H. Jayawardena J. R. Jayewardene Anura Bastian Merrill Kariyawasam Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Abdul Bakeer Markar Cyril Mathew Wijayapala Mendis M. H. Mohamed Joseph Michael Perera Vincent Perera O. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa M. D. Premaratne Sarathchandra Rajakaruna R. G. Samaranayake Senaraja Samaranayake A. Edmund Samarawickrema Ranil Wickremesinghe Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Anil Moonesinghe V. L. Wijemanne Mahendra Wijeratne

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Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989–1994) →

Speaker: M. H. Mohamed
Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/ Ranil Wickremesinghe
Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province

Kandy	Mahinda Abeykoon Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Anura Daniel Mahavithanaarachchige Yasaratne Tennakoon Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Premachandra Wijesiri

Matale	Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera V. G. Jinadasa Punchi Banda Kaviratne

Nuwara Eliya	Tissa Abeyagoonasekera Ananda Dassanayake S. B. Dissanayake Gamini Dissanayake Renuka Herath Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga

Eastern Province

Ampara	M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa P. Dayaratna Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma J. Thiviyanathan

Batticaloa	Prince Casinader Alathipody Gunaseelan M. L. A. M. Hizbullah G. Karunakaran Sam Tambimuttu

Trincomalee	M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. E. H. Maharoof Konamalai Mathavarajah Sivapragasam Ratnarajah

Northern Province

Jaffna	Sebastiyampillai Edward Thambu Loganathapillai K. Navaratnam Eliyathamby Pararasasingam Suresh Premachandran Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah Kanapathy Selvanayagam S. Sivamaharajah Joseph George Rajenthiram Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy G. Yogasangari

Vanni	Innasimuthu Alfred S. S. M. Abu Bakar R. Kuhaneswaran Rasamanohari Pulendran A. E. Silva

North Central Province

Anuradhapura	Janak Mahendra Adhikari Sompala Adhikari D. M. Ariyadasa Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage Themiya Hurulle K. B. Ratnayake

Polonnaruwa	Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed Nelson Paththinige Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda Maithripala Sirisena C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Western Province

Kurunegala	Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda S. B. Nawinne Upali Piyasoma A.M. Munidasa Premachandra G. M. Premachandra Lionel Rajapaksa Jayasena Rajakaruna Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Ariya Bandara Rekawa Herath Banda Wanninayaka Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe Ukkubanda Wijekoon

Puttalam	Harindra Jayanthi Corea Sujatha Dharmawardana Milroy Fernando Harold Herath Robert Jayaratne Michael Festus Wenceslaus Perera Ashoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle	Jagath Balasuriya Mohamed Farook Dharmadewa Jayasinghe Samantha Devi Karunaratne Vincent Perera Chandradasa Ranatunga Dharmasiri Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Mano Wijeyeratne

Ratnapura	M. L. M. Aboosally Athula Kularatne Attygale Gamini Atukorale Nanda Ellawala Chandrasekara Gankande Helen Mahattaya Liyanage Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara John Seneviratne Wimal Wickramasinghe

Southern Province

Galle	Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri Nandimithra de Soyza Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Vincent Jayawardene Noel Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Nanda Kumarage Buddhika Kurukularatne Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana

Hambantota	Hary Abeydheera Ranjit Atapattu Ananda Kularatne Cyril Madduma Baduge Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi

Matara	Gamini Fonseka Madurapala Ediriweera H. R. Piyasiri Mangala Samaraweera Peter Silva Hewagampolage Sirisena Dayananda Wickremasinghe Ranjan Wijayawardhana Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province

Badulla	Chandra Karunaratne W. J. M. Lokubandara Hema Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage Edwin Wickramarathne Samaraweera Weerawanni

Monaragala	Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Gunavathi Dissanayake Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

Western Province

Colombo	Lalith Athulathmudali Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader Sirisena Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando C. V. Gunaratne Premaratne Gunasekera Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi M. H. Mohamed Jinadasa Niyathapala Nimal Ransiri Peiris Dickson Sarathchandra Dela Vincent Perera Sunethra Ranasinghe M. S. Sellasamy Stanley Tillekeratne Kingsley Wickramaratne

Gampaha	John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Donald Dissanayake Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Mahen Gunasekera Lakshman Jayakody Ariyarathna Jayathilaka Wijayapala Mendis Joseph Michael Perera Peter Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Reggie Ranatunga Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya Ranil Wickremesinghe Mahindra Wijerathna

Kalutara	Pathirage Don Abeyratne Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera Mervin Joseph Cooray Neville Fernando Indradasa Hettiarachchi Thilak Karunaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Anil Moonesinghe Mangala Moonesinghe Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka Punsiri Samaranayake

National List (29)

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Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province

Kandy	Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Gamini Dissanayake Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Wilson Kuruppuarachchi Anuruddha Ratwatte Irajarathnan Sivasamy Ediriweera Weerawardena

Matale	Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Monty Gopallawa Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Jinadasa Vidanagamage

Nuwara Eliya	Tissa Abhayagunasekara P. Chandrasekaran S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath C. B. Ratnayake Suppaiah Sathasivam Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province

Ampara	M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa P. Dayaratna Chandradasa Galappaththi U. L. M. Mohideen H.M. Weerasinghe

Batticaloa	M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham P. Selvarasa K. Thurairajasingam

Trincomalee	M. E. H. Maharoof M. N. Abdul Majeed Sunil Ranaweera A. Thangathurai

Northern Province

Jaffna	Unfinished

Vanni	S. S. M. Abu Bakar V. Balachandran Rasamanohari Pulendran S. Shanmuganathan D. Siddarthan Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province

Anuradhapura	Somapala Adikari Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake Punchi Banda Dissanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Shantha Premarathna A. H. B. Semasinghe

Polonnaruwa	Nandasena Herath T. B. Mahalekam H. G. P. Nelson Rukman Senanayake Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province

Kurunegala	A.H.M Alavi D. M. Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Jayadeva Chandrawansha Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake H.M.A. Loku Bandara S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Munidasa Premachandra Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Jayasena Rajakaruna Piyasoma Upali D.P. Wickramasinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

Puttalam	D. M. Dassanayake Joseph Fernando Milroy Fernando Harold Herath Festus Perera D.R. J. Silva Asoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle	Jagath Balasooriya Y. L. M. Farook Maheepala Herath P. B. G. Kalugalla K. Vincent Perera H. R. J. Podinilame Athauda Seneviratne R.A.D. Sirisena Mano Wijeyeratne

Ratnapura	Gamini Atukorale Nalanda Ellawala U. L. Heenmahaththaya K. D. Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera John Seneviratne H. M. U. Silva Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province

Galle	Vajira Abeywardena M. U. S. D. Amarasiri Asoka Weerasinghe de Silva Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Sarath Gunawardena Nandadasa Gunasinghe H. G. N. P. Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Richard Pathirana

Hambantota	Mahinda Amaraweera Ananda Kularathne Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Mervyn Silva J. P. V. Vipulaguna Nihal Galappaththi

Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Ronnie de Mel Chandrasiri Gajadeera E. A. Samarasinghe Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara H. R. Wimalasiri

Uva Province

Badulla	W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Hema Ratnayake R.M. Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Sennan Veera Samaraweera Weerawanni

Monaragala	Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha Jayasena A. M. Jayawardana Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province

Colombo	Ossie Abeygunasekera P. P. Devaraj Srimani Athulathmudali Nawalaage Benet Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie C. V. Gunaratne Indika Gunawardena Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi R. Yogarajan M. H. Mohamed Susil Moonesinghe Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Gunasekara Premaratne Amal Senalankadikara Bernard Soysa Kingsley Wickramaratne Ranil Wickremesinghe

Gampaha	John Amaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Upali Gunaratne Lionel Gunawardena Anura Hapangama Lakshman Jayakody Wijayapala Mendis Jinadasa Nandasena Athula Nimalasiri Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Reginold Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Suranimala Rajapaksha Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe A. V. Suraweera

Kalutara	Sumithra Priyanganie Abeyweera Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Reginald Cooray Thilak Karunarathna Anil Moonesinghe Ediriweera Premarathna Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka Mahinda Samarasinghe Kumara Welgama Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)

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Central Province

Kandy	Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte D. M. Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Ediriweera Weerawardhana

Matale	Alick Aluvihare Ranjith Aluvihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Monty Gopallawa Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya	Periyasamy Chandrasekaran Navin Dissanayake S. B. Dissanayake Muthu Sivalingam Suppiah Sathasiwam Krishnan Jegatheeswaran Shanmugam Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province

Ampara	Ferial Ismail Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Wimal Dissanayaka Chandradasa Galappaththige Markandu Gunasekeram U. L. M. Mohideen

Batticaloa	Abdul Cader S. Ganeshamoorthy Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham Nimalan Soundaranayagam

Trincomalee	M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. A. M. Maharoof M. N. Abdul Majeed M. S. Thowfeek

Northern Province

Jaffna	V. Anandasangaree Douglas Devananda Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran T. Maheswaran Nadarasah Mathanarajah Kandiah Sangaran Mavai Senathirajah S. Sivamaharajah A. Vinayagamoorthy

Vanni	Selvam Adaikalanathan R. Kuhaneswaran Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam Santhakumara Punchihewa Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province

Anuradhapura	Duminda Dissanayake Punchi Banda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe

Polonnaruwa	Earl Gunasekara Nandasena Herath Nelson Paththinige Rukman Senanayake Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province

Kurunegala	Rohitha Bogollagama Salinda Dissanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nimal Herath Sarath Munasinghe Ranjith Navaratne S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Munidasa Premachandra Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Nimal Bandara Rathnayake Somakumari Tennakoon Piyasoma Upali Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

Puttalam	Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Ivon Sriyani Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Festus Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Thissera

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle	Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Mahipala Herath Jayathilaka Podinilame Champika Premadasa Sirisena Rupasinghe Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne

Ratnapura	Gamini Atukorale Surangani Ellawala Heenmahaththaya Liyanage Abeynayaka Piyadasa Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka W. D. J. Senewiratne Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province

Galle	Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Sarath Gunawardena Padmasiri Kariyawasam Gayantha Karunathilaka Keerthi Mawellage Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Athula Indika Weerakoon

Hambantota	Siri Alexander Nihal Galappaththi Ananda Kularatna Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province

Badulla	Nimal Siripala De Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Lakshman Senewiratne Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara Upali Samaraweera Ravindra Samaraweera Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ratnayake Dilan Perera

Monaragala	Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Jayasundara Wijekoon

Western Province

Colombo	Nimal Fernando Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie Bandula Gunawardena Dinesh Gunawardena Indika Gunawardena Ravi Karunanayake Chandana Kathriarachchci Jayantha Ketagoda Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Mohamed Maharoof M. H. Mohamed G. L. Peiris Lilantha Perera Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Samson Silva Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickramasinghe

Gampaha	John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Edward Gunasekara Lionel Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Sarath Keerthirathna Ananda Munasinghe Sarathchandra Peramunagamage Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Susil Premajayantha Suranimala Rajapaksha Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe

Kalutara	Reginold Cooray Tuder Dayarathne Nandana Gunathilake Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Ediriweera Premarathne Mahinda Samarasinghe Abeyrathne Pathirage Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

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JVP	A. R. Anjan Umma

PA	Somaweera Chandrasiri Raja Collure Basheer Segu Dawood Ronnie de Mel Monty Gopallawa Leslie Gunawardana Mohamed Haneefa Lakshman Kadirgamar Wijayapala Mendis Alavi Moulana Rizzwi Sinnalebbe Batty Weerakoon R. Yogarajan

UNP	A. H. M. Azwer Nihal Bakmeewewa K. N. Choksy Sirinal de Mel P. P. Devaraj K. Kanakaraj M. N. Abdul Majeed Tilak Marapana Milinda Moragoda Ravindra Randeniya M. S. Sellasamy Daham Wimalasena

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