Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
S. Jinadasa | |
Constituency Mp: | Maskeliya |
Parliament: | Ceylonese |
Term Start: | 19 April 1956 |
Term End: | 5 December 1959 |
Predecessor: | P. H. C. Silva |
Successor: | Donald J. Ranaweera |
Birth Name: | Sooriyasena Jinadasa |
Nationality: | Ceylonese |
Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Occupation: | politician |
Sooriyasena Jinadasa was a Ceylonese politician. He was the member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Maskeliya, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1] [2]
Jinadasa contested the 3rd parliamentary election, held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, in Maskeliya electorate. He was elected, securing 3,228 votes (45.9% of the total vote) and defeating the sitting member, Palahennedi Hewage Charles Silva from the United National Party, by 214 votes.[3] At the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, he ran this time as a member of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna but was unable to retain his seat, losing to Donald J. Ranaweera, from the United National Party by 1,161 votes.[4]