Kalyanaratne Hemachandra Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra
Constituency Mp:Talawake
Parliament:Ceylonese
Term Start:19 April 1956
Term End:5 December 1959
Predecessor:H. E. P. de Mel
Successor:seat abolished
Nationality:Ceylonese
Party:United National Party
Occupation:planter, merchant, politician

Kalyanaratne Hemachandra (died 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese planter, merchant and politician.[1] [2]

In January 1948 he was elected as one of the inaugural members of the Talawakelle - Lindula Urban Council,[3] a position he retained until his death in 1962.[4]

At the 3rd parliamentary elections, held on 5 April 1956, Hemachandra ran as the United National Party candidate in the Talawakelle electorate. He received 1,720 votes (52% of the total vote) defeating the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, Edmund Wanigasekera, by 160 votes.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Hemachandra, Kalyanaratne, M.P.. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 10 September 2018.
  2. Book: Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon, 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. 62.
  3. Ceylon Sessional Papers. Parliament of Ceylon. Government Press. 1956. 41.
  4. Book: A Statistical Survey of Elections to the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1911-1977. De Silva, G. P. S. Harischandra. Marga Institute. 1979. 270.
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 22 September 2017.