Hon.
Maithripala Senanayake
In office 7 September 1994 – 12 July 1998President Chandrika Kumaratunga Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Preceded by E. L. B. Hurulle Succeeded by G. M. S. Samaraweera In office 7 June 1970 – 18 May 1977Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Preceded by C. P. de Silva Succeeded by Ranasinghe Premadasa In office 31 May 1970 – 1977Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Preceded by C. P. de Silva Succeeded by Gamini Dissanayake In office 1960–1965Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Preceded by W. J. C. Munasinha Succeeded by Philip Gunawardena In office 12 April 1956 – 8 December 1959Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Preceded by Montague Jayawickrama Succeeded by Robert Edward Jayatilaka In office 1989–1994In office 1947–1989Preceded by Constituency created Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Born (1916-07-07 ) 7 July 1916Medawachchiya , Anuradhapura , British Ceylon .Died 12 July 1998(1998-07-12) (aged 82)Sri Lanka Nationality Sri Lankan Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Other political affiliations United National Party Spouse(s) Ranji Handy Alma mater St. Joseph's College, Anuradhapura St. John's College, Jaffna Nalanda College Colombo Occupation Politician
^ Minister of Transport and Power from September 1959 to December 1959.
Maithripala Senanayake (7 July 1916 – 12 July 1998) was a Sri Lankan politician and Governor of the North-Central province .[1] He first studied at St. Joseph's College, Anuradhapura then at St. John's Jaffna, where he attained a mastery in the Tamil Language and later at Nalanda College Colombo .
He entered parliament from Medawachchiya Electorate in 1947 when then Ceylon held its first parliamentary elections.
When D.S. Senanayake picked his Cabinet in 1952 this promising young man from Raja Rata, Maithripala Senanayake was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Later he not only resigned from the post he held, but also from the UNP, after submitting resignation to Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake . At the following General Election, he retained the Medawachchiya seat as an Independent.
Then followed by some momentous years S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was biding his time after he had resigned from UNP and making plans for the future with his nascent Sri Lanka Freedom Party and offered a place to Maithripala Senanayake, who was then an Independent MP in Parliament.
Senanayake has held many cabinet portfolios and has been Acting Prime Minister 19 times, Leader of the House, Chief Government Whip, and Deputy Leader of the Opposition at various times, In the realm of Foreign Affairs, Maithripala Senanayake has also played a major role, when the then Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was President of the Non-aligned Movement, he led the Sri Lanka delegation to the Non-aligned Conference held in Colombo.
He represented Parliament since 1947 to 1994 becoming the only person in Sri Lanka to represent Parliament for 47 years continuously. In the 1989 election which was the first Parliamentary election to be held under the proportional representation he entered Parliament as a National list member. He was not appointed to Parliament in 1994. However he was appointed as the governor of the North Central Province in the same year which he held until his death.
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Political offices
Preceded byE. L. B. Hurulle
Governor of North Central Province 1994–1998
Succeeded by
Irrigation and Water Resources Management Ministers of Sri Lanka
Jayatilaka
D. S. Senanayake
Bandaranaike
Kotelawala
Jayewardene
C.P. de Silva
Jayewardene
C.P. de Silva
M. Senanayake
Premadasa
Wickremasinghe
Mendis
Wickremanayake
Pathirana
Lokubandara
Sirisena
N.S. de Silva
Kiriella
← /
/
Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon (1947 (1947 ) –1952) → Central Province (15)
M. D. Banda
George E. de Silva
T. B. Ilangaratne , Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne
Senerat Gunewardene
K. Kumaravelu
G. R. Motha
V. T. Nanayakkara
E. A. Nugawela
T. B. Panabokke
H. R. U. Premachandra
K. Rajalingam
H. B. Rambukwella
Abeyratne Ratnayaka
H. B. Tenne
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
C. V. Velupillai
Eastern Province (7)
A. R. A. M. Abubucker
S. U. Ethirmanasingham
M. M. Ebrahim
M. S. Kariapper
Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe
V. Nalliah
S. Sivapalan
Northern Province (9)
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
K. Kanagaratnam
V. Kumaraswamy
G. G. Ponnambalam
T. Ramalingam
C. Sittampalam
C. Suntharalingam
Alfred Thambiayah
C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)North Western Province (10)
Ivan Dassanayake
J. J. Fernando
Kavisena Herath
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
John Kotelawala
Albert Peries
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
Herbert Sri Nissanka
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)
C. E. Attygalle
D. F. Hettiarachchi
N. H. Keerthiratne
E. W. Mathew
Alexander Francis Molamure
N. M. Perera
Reginald Perera
Harris Leuke Ratwatte
Dudley Senanayake
Florence Senanayake
Southern Province (12)Uva Province (7)
Leo Fernando
J. C. T. Kotelawala
K. V. Nadarajah
D. Ramanujam
J. A. Rambukpota
S. M. Subbaiah
K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Somaweera Chandrasiri
R. A. de Mel
Colvin R. de Silva
George R. de Silva
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Philip Gunawardena
Robert Gunawardena
T. B. Jayah
A. P. Jayasuriya
D. P. Jayasuriya
J. R. Jayewardene
D. D. Karunaratne
Pieter Keuneman
Wilmot A. Perera
Henry Peiris
D. S. Senanayake
S. A. Silva
H. de Z. Siriwardena
Appointed (6)
E. F. N. Gratiaen
F. H. Griffith
J. A. Martenze
J. W. Oldfield
S. A. Pakeman
G. R. Whitby
← Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon (1952 (1952 ) -1956) → Central Province (15)
Bernard Aluwihare
M. D. Banda
H. E. P. de Mel
M. W. R. de Silva
Robert Edward Jayatilaka
C. A. S. Marikkar
E. A. Nugawela
T. B. Panabokke
H. B. Rambukwella
Abeyratne Ratnayaka
E. L. Senanayake
P. H. C. Silva
P. P. Sumanatilaka
H. B. Tenne
U. B. Unamboowe
Eastern Province (7)
M. M. Ebrahim
R. B. Kadramer
A. M. Merza
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
V. Nalliah
N. R. Rajavarothiam
S. M. Rasamanickam
Northern Province (9)
V. Kumaraswamy
S. Natesan
G. G. Ponnambalam
T. Ramalingam
C. Sittampalam
C. Suntharalingam
Alfred Thambiayah
C. Vanniasingam
V. Veerasingam
North Central Province (5)North Western Province (10)
Shirley Corea
Ivan Dassanayake
Kavisena Herath
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
John Kotelawala
Albert Peries
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)
C. E. Attygalle
C. R. Beligammana
N. H. Keerthiratne
A. E. B. Kiriella
E. W. Mathew
Alexander Francis Molamure
N. M. Perera
Edmund Samarakkody
Dudley Senanayake
Harold Weragama
Southern Province (12)
Henry Abeywickrema
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Neal de Alwis
William de Silva
Ian de Zoysa
C. A. Dharmapala
Charles Edirisuriya
Montague Jayawickrama
D. A. Rajapaksa
V. G. W. Ratnayake
Mahanama Samaraweera
Doreen Young Wickremasinghe
Uva Province (7)
M. B. Bambarapane
Leo Fernando
J. C. T. Kotelawala
S. A. Peeris
J. A. Rambukpota
Wilfred A. Ratwatte
K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)
A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe
John Amaratunga
S. D. Bandaranayake
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Somaweera Chandrasiri
P. Andrew Cooray
Razik Fareed
Kusumasiri Gunawardena
Robert Gunawardena
S. de Silva Jayasinghe
D. P. Jayasuriya
M. D. H. Jayawardena
T. F. Jayewardene
J. R. Jayewardene
M. C. M. Kaleel
C. W. W. Kannangara
D. C. W. Kannangara
Pieter Keuneman
Cyril E. S. Perera
Wilmot A. Perera
Appointed (6)
← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956 ) -1959) → Central Province (15)Eastern Province (7)
S. U. Ethirmanasingham
M. S. Kariapper
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
M. M. Mustapha
C. Rajadurai
N. R. Rajavarothiam
Northern Province (9)
V. A. Alegacone
A. Amirthalingam
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
P. Kandiah
V. A. Kandiah
V. N. Navaratnam
G. G. Ponnambalam
C. Suntharalingam
C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)North Western Province (10)
M. A. Adikari
Hugh Fernando
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
John Kotelawala
D. B. Monnekulame
W. J. C. Munasinha
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)
C. R. Beligammana
Kusumasiri Gunawardena
Maithripala Herath
D. F. Hettiarachchi
M. P. Jothipala
P. B. G. Kalugalla
V. T. G. Karunaratne
Jayaweera Kuruppu
N. M. Perera
Edmund Samarakkody
Southern Province (12)Uva Province (7)Western Province (20)
S. D. Bandaranayake
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Colvin R. de Silva
Stanley de Zoysa
Razik Fareed
Hector Fernando
Meryl Fernando
Leslie Goonewardene
Vivienne Goonewardene
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Robert Gunawardena
Philip Gunawardena
Pieter Keuneman
Anil Moonesinghe
Sagara Palansuriya
Dayasena Pasqual
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
Bernard Soysa
M. S. Themis
Vimala Wijewardene
Appointed (6)
← Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960 ) ) → Central Province (23)Eastern Province (11)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)North Western Province (16)Sabaragamuwa Province (17)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
George Rajapaksa
Lakshman Rajapaksa
Don Roy Rajapakse
R. G. Samaranayake
Senapala Samarasekera
Percy Wickremasinghe
S. A. Wickramasinghe
Justin Wijayawardhene
Uva Province (10)Western Province (35)
Felix Dias Bandaranaike
S. D. Bandaranayake
Somaweera Chandrasiri
M. Ruskin Fernando
T. Quintin Fernando
Bibile Fonseka
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Leslie Goonewardene
Philip Gunawardena
Robert Gunawardena
D. Shelton Jayasinghe
S. de Silva 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
James Peter Obeyesekere III
Dayasena Pasqual
Paris Perera
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Edmund Samarawickrema
M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
Bernard Soysa
V. A. Sugathadasa
S. K. K. Suriarachchi
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)
← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960 ) –1964) → Central Province (23)Eastern Province (11)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)North Western Province (16)Sabaragamuwa Province (17)Southern Province (19)
Albert Kariyawasam
Sumanapala Dahanayake
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Neal de Alwis
Lakshman de Silva
M. P. de Zoysa
H. W. Dissanayake
D. S. Goonesekera
Montague Jayawickrama
Patrick de Silva Kularatne
D. A. Rajapaksa
George Rajapaksa
Lakshman Rajapaksa
Don Roy Rajapakse
Senapala Samarasekera
Mahanama Samaraweera
Percy Wickremasinghe
S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (10)Western Province (35)
Felix Dias Bandaranaike
S. D. Bandaranayake
I. A. Cader
Somaweera Chandrasiri
Colvin R. de Silva
W. Danister de Silva
Razik Fareed
T. Quintin Fernando
Meryl Fernando
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Leslie Goonewardene
Philip Gunawardena
Robert 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 Pasqual
K. D. David Perera
Paris Perera
R. S. Perera
Edmund Samarakkody
M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
Bernard Soysa
V. A. Sugathadasa
S. K. K. Suriarachchi
Stanley Tillekeratne
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)
L. O. Abeyaratne
Badi-ud-din Mahmud
R. Singleton Salmon
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
R. S. V. Poulier
M. P. Drahaman
← Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon (1965 (1965 ) –1970) → Central Province (23)Eastern Province (11)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)North Western Province (16)Sabaragamuwa Province (17)Southern Province (19)Uva Province (10)Western Province (35)
Felix Dias Bandaranaike
S. D. Bandaranayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Falil Caffoor
Somaweera Chandrasiri
M. Ruskin Fernando
T. Quintin Fernando
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Leslie Goonewardene
Philip Gunawardena
Lakshman Jayakody
D. Shelton Jayasinghe
S. de Silva Jayasinghe
Gamini Jayasuriya
M. D. H. Jayawardena
J. R. Jayewardene
Pieter Keuneman
Abdul Bakeer Markar
Wijayapala Mendis
M. H. Mohamed
Anil Moonesinghe
Mangala Moonesinghe
S. Obeyesekera
Dayasena Pasqual
K. D. David Perera
Paris Perera
R. S. Perera
Ranasinghe Premadasa
M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
Bernard Soysa
V. A. Sugathadasa
S. K. K. Suriarachchi
Stanley Tillekeratne
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)
← Members of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1970 (1970 ) –1977) → Central Province (23)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
S. Thambirajah
A. Thangathurai
Northern Province (13)
V. A. Alegacone
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)North Western Province (16)
Tissa Balalla
Maithripala Herath
S. D. R. Jayaratne
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Protus Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province (16)Southern Province (19)
Sumanapala Dahanayake
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Neal de Alwis
Ronnie de Mel
L. C. de Silva
Weerasinghe de Silva
Henry William Dissanayake
Prins Gunasekera
Panini Ilangakoon
Albert Kariyawasam
M. G. Mendis
George Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Don Roy Rajapakse
Senapala Samarasekera
B. Y. Tudawe
S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (10)Western Province (35)
Kusala Abhayawardana
Felix Dias Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
I. A. Cader
Falil Caffoor
Somaweera Chandrasiri
Wimalasiri de Mel
Colvin R. de Silva
Denzil Fernando
Cholomondeley Goonewardene
Leslie Goonewardene
Vivienne Goonewardene
Chandra Gunasekera
T. B. Ilangaratne
Lakshman Jayakody
J. R. Jayewardene
Pieter Keuneman
A. D. J. L. Leo
Mangala Moonesinghe
S. Obeyesekera
Dayasena Pasqual
Paris Perera
R. S. Perera
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Wilfred Senanayake
M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
Bernard Soysa
V. A. Sugathadasa
S. K. K. Suriarachchi
Stanley Tillekeratne
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)
← 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)Eastern Province (12)
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
M. Canagaratnam
P. Dayaratna
K. W. Devanayagam
P. Ganeshalingam
M. E. H. Maharoof
M. A. Abdul Majeed
C. Rajadurai
R. Sampanthan
Northern Province (14)
A. Amirthalingam
V. Anandasangaree
V. Dharmalingam
S. Kathiravelupillai
V. N. Navaratnam
T. Rasalingam
K. P. Ratnam
X. M. Sellathambu
M. Sivasithamparam
T. Sivasithamparam
P. S. Soosaithasan
T. Thirunavukarasu
K. Thurairatnam
V. Yogeswaran
North Central Province (10)North Western Province (19)Sabaragamuwa Province (17)Southern Province (21)Uva Province (12)Western Province (39)
Central Province
Kandy Matale
Alick Aluwihare
Nandimithra Ekanayake
Nuwara Eliya
Ananda Dassanayake
S. B. Dissanayake
Gamini Dissanayake
Renuka Herath
Eastern Province
Northern Province
North Central Province
North Western Province
Kurunegala
S. B. Nawinne
G. M. Premachandra
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Ariya Rekawa
Puttalam
Sabaragamuwa Province
Southern Province
Uva Province
Badulla Monaragala
Dharmadasa Banda
Ranjith Madduma Bandara
Gunavathi Dissanayake
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Western Province
National List (29)