M. P. de Zoysa explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
M. P. de Zoysa
Constituency Mp:Ambalangoda-Balapitiya
Parliament:Ceylon
Term Start1:1956
Term End1:1960
Predecessor1:Ian de Zoysa/P. H. de Silva
Successor1:Constituency Abolished
Constituency Mp2:Rathgama
Term Start2:1960
Term End2:1965
Predecessor2:Constituency Established
Successor2:Edwin Tillekeratne
Birth Name:Manameldura Piyadasa de Zoysa
Birth Date:1910
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Occupation:Politics
Children:Suneththa, Sriya, Susil, Upul, Gowri, Sujeema
Alma Mater:Ananda College, Colombo

Manameldura Piyadasa de Zoysa (born 1910) was a Ceylonese politician.[1]

De Zoysa was involved in Sri Lankan politics before the country's independence and was associated with the State Council of Ceylon established under the Donoughmore Constitution.[2]

In 1956 he was elected to Parliament in the seat of Ambalangoda-Balapitiya, representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.[3] In 1959 he was appointed the Minister of Labour in the cabinet of W. Dahanayake.[4] [5]

At the Parliamentary elections in March 1960 he was elected in the seat of Rathgama,[6] retaining the seat in the subsequent elections in July that year.[7] De Zoysa subsequently resigned from the seat in late 1960 following his implication in the Thalagodapitiya Bribery Commission. He later accepted a position in the Senate of Ceylon, replacing G. P. Wickramarachchi.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. de Zoysa, Manameldura Piyadasa, M.P.. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Directory of Past Members. 23 May 2017.
  2. News: M P de Zoysa - Man with outstanding qualities. Ishara. Jayawardane. Daily News. 11 August 2010. 24 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 24 May 2017 .
  4. http://www.labourdept.gov.lk/web/images/PDF_upload/chapter01/2_idustrial_disputes_actii.pdf Industrial Disputes Act
  5. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike. 24 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html. 24 September 2015. unfit.
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 24 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 24 May 2017.
  8. Parliaments of Ceylon. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. 1960. 173.
  9. News: Of 69 Years- 57 Gobbled up by Politicians, their Acolytes, Cronies and Vandibattas! . 27 August 2021 . Daily Mirror.