Bennet Gunasekera
Senerath Gunesekera Vidaneralalage Bennet Dias Gunasekera (27 December 1919 – October 2002) was a Sri Lankan businessman. He founded the Beligala Coconut Products (Pvt) Ltd, one of the largest coconut oil manufacturers on the island.[1] He was elected from the Minuwangoda electorate from the United National Party to the House of Representatives defeating M. P. de Zoysa Siriwardena in the 1977 general elections.[2] His son Mahen Gunasekera was a Member of Parliament and a Government Minister.
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- ^ "Hon. Gunasekera, Senerath Gunesekera Vidaneralalage Bennet Dias, M.P." parliament.lk. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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- Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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