Daya Gamage Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Daya Gamage
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Minister of Primary Industries
President:Maithripala Sirisena
Term Start:4 September 2015
Term End:21 November 2019
Constituency Mp2:Ampara District
Parliament2:Sri Lankan
Term Start2:1 September 2015
Term End2:3 March 2020
Office3:Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Ampara District
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2015
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:United National Party
Spouse:Anoma Gamage
Occupation:Businessman

Daya Dharmapala Kilittuwa Gamage is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is a member of parliament (MP) and former Minister of Primary Industries. And he also the national organizer for the United National Party (UNP). He elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka at the 2015 Parliamentary Election from Ampara District by obtaining 70,201 preferential votes.

Daya Gamage was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council[1] following the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008.[2] He was re-elected at the 2nd Eastern Provincial Council election held on 8 September 2012.[3] [4] He served as leader of the opposition for part of the 1st Eastern Provincial Council.[5]

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  1. Web site: Members of the Eastern Provincial Council. Eastern Provincial Council. 20 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606192527/http://ep.gov.lk/Councilmembers.asp. 2014-06-06. dead.
  2. PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council . 15 May 2008 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1549/17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195143/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1549_17/1549_17E.pdf . 25 May 2014 .
  3. PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council . 17 September 2012 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1776/06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102002455/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2012/PDF/Sep/1776_6/1776_6%28E%29.pdf . 2 November 2012 .
  4. Web site: Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080352/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ele_2012/Candidates/Ampara%20preference.pdf . dead . 2014-04-29 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  5. News: Grave concern over the effects of urgent bill. Sunday Times. 6 November 2011.