W. Wickremasinghe

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Wilson Punnasoma Abeywardena Wickremasinghe (25 December 1899 - ?) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.[1]

He was the older brother of Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe, the leader of the Communist Party of Ceylon.[2][3]

In 1947 he was elected to the first parliament of Ceylon, as an independent, in the Akuressa electorate,[4] before joining the Communist Party of Ceylon.[5] He didn't contest the subsequent 1952 parliamentary elections, allowing his brother's wife, Doreen Young, to run as the Communist Party's candidate.

In 1997 his son, , was elected as the United National Party candidate for the Akuressa electorate.

References[]

  1. ^ "Hon. Wickremasinghe, Wilson Punnasoma Abeywardena, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Biography of S. A. Wickramasinghe". Daily News. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ^ Peebles, Patrick (2015). Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka. Rowman and Littlefield. p. 385. ISBN 9781442255852.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ Wickramasinghe, Nira (1995). Ethnic Politics in Colonial Sri Lanka, 1927-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 242. ISBN 9780706987911.


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