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Mudiyanse Tennakoon (born 16 June 1934 - 11 December 1991) was a Ceylonese politician,[1] [2]
He received his primary education at Maho Central School and his secondary education at S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa [3] Pupuressa .[4]
He was first elected to parliament at the 3rd parliamentary election in April 1956, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Nikaweratiya electorate , defeating the sitting United National Party member Kavisena Herath , 15,914 votes to 7,829,[5] [6]
At the subsequent 4th parliamentary election and 5th parliamentary elections held in March and July 1960, he was re-elected by 5,028 and 3,597 vote margins respectively over rival Herath.[7] [8] Minister for Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power in the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet ,[9] Minister of Finance .[4] [10]
In December 1963 Tennakoon was expelled from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party[11] Independent , but lost to Herath, who secured 13,915 votes to Tennakoon's 10,675. He did however finish ahead of the SLFP candidate, R. B. Tennakoon, by 2,040 votes.[12]
At the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965, he ran as an independent, successfully regaining the seat of Nikaweratiya, by a 1,358 vote margin over Herath.[13]
Tennakoon retained the seat at the 7th parliamentary election , held on 27 May 1970, again as an independent, with 52.7% of the total vote, defeating the UNP candidate, H. B. Wanninayake by 6,272 votes.[14]
At the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977, he lost the seat, with H. B. Wanninayake securing 20,127 votes (58% of the total votes), C. P. Tennakoon, the SLFP candidate, securing 12,223 (35% of the total vote) to Tennakoon's 2,124 votes (6% of the total vote).[15]
His daughter, Soma Kumari , also served as a member of parliament, between 2001 and 2004.
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^ Parliaments of Ceylon . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. 1960. p. 119.
^ "Thomiana" (PDF) . 17 1 ). St Thomas College Old Boys Association. May 2013: 14.
^ a b Abeynaike, H. B. W.; Ameratunga, H. P. (1970). Parliament of Ceylon, 1970 . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 116.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ Bandara, Helasigha (25 August 2008). "Naming and Shaming" . Sri Lankan Guardian . Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ Ceylon Year Book . Vol. 14–15. Ceylon Department of Census and Statistics. 1962. p. 7.
^ "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers" . Ministry of Finance . Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
^ Jupp, James (1978). Sri Lanka - Third World Democracy 70 ISBN 9780714630939
^ "Results of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947-1988" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .[permanent dead link
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