| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Edmund J. Cooray | |
| Office: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start: | 23 March 1960 |
| Term End: | 21 July 1960 |
| Primeminister: | Dudley Senanayake |
| Predecessor: | Valentine S. Jayawickrema |
| Successor: | Sam Peter Christopher Fernando |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1915 |
| Profession: | Barrister |
Edmund Joseph Cooray, CMG, OBE (November 3, 1915 - January 1, 2016) was a Ceylonese Senator and one time Minister of Justice in the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet.[1] He attended the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London on behalf of the Dominion of Ceylon.[2]
He having graduated with a BA from the University of London, he qualified as a barrister and established his legal practice as an advocate. He was a lecturer for digest and voet at the Ceylon Law College. He served as the Commissioner of Co-operative Development and thereafter chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1952 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1955 Birthday Honours for his services to the co-operative movement.[3]