R. C. Kannangara Explained

Richard Charles Kannangara (15 June 1920 - 14 October 1946) was a Ceylonese tea plantation owner and politician.[1]

On 3 March 1936 Kannangara was elected to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon representing Morawaka. Kannangara defeated the sitting member, Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe, of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party by a margin of 2,910 votes.[2] [3] Kannangara was superintendent and owner of a tea plantation in Deniyaya,[4] [5] and his campaign was backed by Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka, the Leader of the House and Minister for Home Affairs.[6] After his election to the State Council he joined the Sinhala Maha Sabha.[7] Kannangara sat on the Executive Committee on Agriculture and Lands.[8] He died whilst still in office on 14 October 1946.[9] At the subsequent by-election in 1947 Wickramasinghe was elected by a majority of 23,823 votes, and sat for a brief period on the Council until it was disbanded in July 1947.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Kannangara, Richard Charles, M.P.. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 20 March 2019.
  2. News: Thirty first death anniversary of Dr S A Wickremasinghe: A medical doctor turned Marxist leader. Stanley S.. Abeynayake. The Daily News. 1 September 2012. 27 March 2019.
  3. Book: Amarasinghe, Y. Ranjith. Revolutionary Idealism and Parliamentary Politics: A Study of Trotskyism in Sri Lanka. Social Scientists' Association. 2000. 42.
  4. Web site: Planters Register: R. C. Kannangara. History of Ceylon Tea. 27 March 2019.
  5. News: D. A. Rajapaksa Memorial Oration. Sam. Wijesinghe. Sunday Observer. 25 December 2005 . 27 March 2019.
  6. News: Unforgettable personalities: Comrade Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe. W. Annesley Sumith. Fernando. The Daily News. 16 June 2011. 27 March 2019.
  7. News: A brief history of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party . Deshakeerthi Chandrasiri. Weligamage. The Daily News. 3 September 2003. 27 March 2019.
  8. Book: Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. The Ceylon Observer Press. 1946. Colombo. 44.
  9. The Tea Quarterly: The Journal of the Tea Research Institute of Ceylon. 17-20. Tea Research Institute of Ceylon. 26. 1944.
  10. Parliament of Ceylon. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Abeynaike, H. B. W.. Ameratunga, H. P.. 1970. 91.

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