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]