Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
R. Sri Pathmanathan | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MSC |
Office1: | Member of the State Council of Ceylon |
Constituency1: | Mannar-Mullaitivu |
Term Start1: | 1936 |
Term End1: | 1943 |
Predecessor1: | S. M. Anantham |
Successor1: | J. I. Gnanamuttu |
Alma Mater: | University of Oxford |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Ratnasabapathy Sri Pathmanathan (died 5 May 1943) was a Ceylon Tamil barrister-at-law, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon.[1]
Sri Pathmanathan was the nephew of P. Ramanathan and P. Arunachalam.[2] He had a MA degree from the University of Oxford.[2]
Sri Pathmanathan contested the 1934 State Council by-election in Point Pedro but was defeated by G. G. Ponnambalam.[3] [4] He contested the 1936 State Council election as a candidate in Mannar-Mullaitivu and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.[5] [6] [7] He died whilst still in office on 5 May 1943.[5] His position on the Council was taken by Gnanamuthu Isaac, at the subsequent by-election on 28 August.
Constituency | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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1934 state council (by) | Not elected | |||
Elected |