Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi

Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi (Sinhala: ධර්මදාස වන්නිආරච්චි) (08 June 1921 - 5 October 2007) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the seventh Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka and a former member of the Sri Lankan Parliament.[1][2]

Born Wanni Arachchilage Dharmadasa, he was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Pelmadulla representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in a by election in 1965 succeeding W. A. Karunasena. He was re-elected in the 1970 general election and was appointed Deputy Minister of State Enterprises and Scientific Affairs in the Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike government. He lost his seat in the 1977 general election. He was elected in the 2000 general election and was appointed Governor of the North Western Province in 2004. Pavithra Wanniarachchi was his daughter.[3] Wanniarachchi died on 5 October 2007 at the age of 87.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
2. ^ "Death of Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi". www.dailynews.lk. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
3. ^ "Death of Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi". Daily News. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. ^ "Death of Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi". Sri Lanka News. October 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

Political offices

Preceded by

Siripala Jayaweera

|  Governor of the North Western Province
2004–2007  | Succeeded by

Tissa Balalla

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Governors of the North Western Province

Governors|

* Wijetunga
* Jayawickrama
* Kodituwakku
* de Alwis
* Arawwawala
* Jayaweera
* Wanniarachchi
* Balalla
* Ratnayake
* Logeswaran
* Jayarathne
* Muzammil
* Collure
* Karannagoda

Acting

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← Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon (1965 (1965)–1970) →

* Speaker: Albert Peries/Shirley Corea

* Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake
* Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province (23)|

* George Abeyagoonasekera
* S. S. Abeysundara
* Alick Aluwihare
* W. M. G. T. Banda
* M. A. Daniel
* L. B. Dassanayake
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* T. B. M. Herath
* C. Karunaratne
* R. Kulatillake
* P. G. Muthubanda
* H. M. Navaratne
* D. B. Ranatunga
* D. J. Ranaweera
* E. L. Senanayake
* Hemachandra Sirisena
* T. B. Tennekoon
* Aloysius Weerakoon
* R. P. Wijesiri
* Edmund Wijesuriya
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
* Noel Wimalasena
* S. B. Yalegama

Eastern Province (11)|

* K. W. Devanayagam
* M. S. Kariapper
* M. C. Ahamed
* A. L. Abdul Majeed
* M. A. Abdul Majeed
* S. M. Manickarajah
* M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
* M. M. Mustapha
* C. Rajadurai
* S. M. Rasamanickam
* Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe
* Senerath Somaratne

Northern Province (13)|

* V. A. Alegacone
* A. Amirthalingam
* S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
* V. Dharmalingam
* S. Kathiravelupillai
* E. M. V. Naganathan
* V. Navaratnam
* V. N. Navaratnam
* G. G. Ponnambalam
* K. P. Ratnam
* M. Sivasithamparam
* T. Sivasithamparam
* K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)|

* C. P. de Silva
* E. L. B. Hurulle
* S. B. Lenawa
* R. B. Ratnamalala
* K. B. Ratnayake
* Maithripala Senanayake
* P. M. K. Tennakoon
* Leelaratne Wijesinghe

North Western Province (16)|

* M. D. Banda
* D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara
* Shirley Corea
* Herath Ekanayake
* S. B. Herat
* I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
* M. H. M. Naina Marikar
* Festus Perera
* Albert Peries
* Hugh Fernando
* R. R. W. Rajapakse
* Leticia Rajapakse
* Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
* J. L. Sirisena
* Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
* Mudiyanse Tennakoon
* U. B. Wanninayake
* Dingiri Bandara Welagedara

Sabaragamuwa Province (17)|

* M. L. M. Aboosally
* Dhanapala Attygalle
* C. R. Beligammana
* D. F. Hettiarachchi
* P. C. Imbulana
* P. B. G. Kalugalla
* Wimala Kannangara
* Asoka Karunaratne
* W. A. Karunasena
* Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
* H. Kularatne
* Nanda Mathew
* N. M. Perera
* Abeyratne Pilapitiya
* Clifford Ratwatte
* Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte
* Dudley Senanayake
* Dhanapala Weerasekera
* P. B. Wijesundara

Southern Province (19)|

* Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri
* D. P. Atapattu
* Wijeyananda Dahanayake
* Neal de Alwis
* A. D. S. de Silva
* L. C. de Silva
* Lakshman de Silva
* William de Silva
* Ronnie de Mel
* Charles Edirisuriya
* Prins Gunasekera
* Sirisena Hettige
* Montague Jayawickrama
* C. N. Kannangara
* George Rajapaksa
* M. H. Saddhasena
* R. G. Samaranayake
* Albert Kariyawasam
* Edwin Tillekeratne
* B. Y. Tudawe
* Percy Wickremasinghe
* S. A. Wickramasinghe

Uva Province (10)|

* W. P. G. Ariyadasa
* K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda
* Dharmadasa Banda
* B. H. Bandara
* J. G. Gunasekera
* R. M. Appuhamy
* S. A. Peeris
* Kusuma Rajaratne
* Percy Samaraweera
* C. P. J. Seneviratne
* Raja Welegama

Western Province (35)|

* Felix Dias Bandaranaike
* S. D. Bandaranayake
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Falil Caffoor
* Somaweera Chandrasiri
* M. Ruskin Fernando
* T. Quintin Fernando
* Denzil Fernando
* Cholomondeley Goonewardene
* Leslie Goonewardene
* Philip Gunawardena
* Lakshman Jayakody
* D. Shelton Jayasinghe
* S. de Silva Jayasinghe
* Gamini Jayasuriya
* M. D. H. Jayawardena
* J. R. Jayewardene
* Pieter Keuneman
* Abdul Bakeer Markar
* Wijayapala Mendis
* M. H. Mohamed
* Anil Moonesinghe
* Colvin R. de Silva
* Mangala Moonesinghe
* S. Obeyesekera
* Dayasena Pasqual
* K. D. David Perera
* Paris Perera
* R. S. Perera
* Ranasinghe Premadasa
* D. S. Samarasinghe
* T. B. Ilangaratne
* M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
* Bernard Soysa
* V. A. Sugathadasa
* S. K. K. Suriarachchi
* Stanley Tillekeratne
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)|

* A. Ratnapala
* M. T. Mohamed
* Veloo Annamalay
* Razik Fareed
* R. Singleton-Salmon
* Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
* Vernon Jonklaas

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← Members of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1970 (1970)–1977) →

* Speaker: Stanley Tillekeratne

* Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Leader of the Opposition: J. R. Jayewardene

Central Province (23)|

* M. S. Aluthgamage
* P. G. Ariyatillake
* Gamini Dissanayake
* A. G. Fernando
* Monty Gopallawa
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* T. B. M. Herath
* Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne
* D. M. Jayaratne
* T. B. Jayasundera
* U. P. Y. Jinadasa
* Hector Kobbekaduwa
* R. Kulatillake
* H. M. Navaratne
* E. L. Senanayake
* Hemachandra Sirisena
* Piyasena Tennakoon
* T. B. Tennekoon
* Richard Udugama
* P. B. Unantenne
* J. D. Weerasekera
* Noel Wimalasena
* S. B. Yalegama

Eastern Province (11)|

* M. C. Ahamed
* K. W. Devanayagam
* A. L. Abdul Majeed
* M. A. Abdul Majeed
* M. M. Mustapha
* B. Neminathan
* C. Rajadurai
* P. R. Selvanayagam
* Senerath Somaratne
* S. Thambirajah
* A. Thangathurai

Northern Province (13)|

* V. A. Alegacone
* S. A. Raheem
* V. Anandasangaree
* C. Arulampalam
* S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
* V. Dharmalingam
* K. Jeyakody
* S. Kathiravelupillai
* C. X. Martyn
* V. N. Navaratnam
* K. P. Ratnam
* X. M. Sellathambu
* A. Thiagarajah
* K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)|

* T. B. Herath
* A. M. Jinadasa
* R. B. Ratnamalala
* A. M. S. Adikari
* K. B. Ratnayake
* Maithripala Senanayake
* Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake
* P. M. K. Tennakoon
* Leelaratne Wijesinghe

North Western Province (16)|

* S. M. Asenkudhoos
* M. H. Naina Marikkar
* Tissa Balalla
* Augustheenu Fonseka
* Maithripala Herath
* S. B. Herat
* S. D. R. Jayaratne
* L. B. Jayasena
* G. W. Samarasinghe
* Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
* Mudiyanse Tennakoon
* Protus Tissera
* P. B. Wettewa
* D. P. Wickramasinghe
* M. A. J. Wijesinghe
* P. Wijesinghe
* S. Wijewardena

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)|

* B. A. P. B. Balasuriya
* Nanda Ellawala
* Piyadasa Harischandra
* P. B. G. Kalugalla
* V. T. G. Karunaratne
* Sarath Muttetuwegama
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* N. M. Perera
* P. R. Ratnayake
* Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte
* Seetha Seneviratne
* Dudley Senanayake
* Rukman Senanayake
* Athauda Seneviratne
* W. A. A. Sirisena
* Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
* Dhanapala Weerasekera
* P. O. Wimalanaga

Southern Province (19)|

* Sumanapala Dahanayake
* Wijeyananda Dahanayake
* Neal de Alwis
* Ronnie de Mel
* L. C. de Silva
* Weerasinghe de Silva
* Henry William Dissanayake
* Prins Gunasekera
* Panini Ilangakoon
* Albert Kariyawasam
* M. G. Mendis
* Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara
* George Rajapaksa
* Lakshman Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Don Roy Rajapakse
* Senapala Samarasekera
* Edirisuriya Tennyson
* B. Y. Tudawe
* S. A. Wickramasinghe

Uva Province (10)|

* R. M. Appuhamy
* W. P. G. Ariyadasa
* K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda
* B. H. Bandara
* R. M. Bandara
* W. M. R. S. B. Delungahawatta
* A. M. Jayawardena
* S. A. S. Somapala
* Raja Welegama
* D. D. E. Wickremaratne

Western Province (35)|

* Kusala Abhayawardana
* Felix Dias Bandaranaike
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* A. T. Basnayake
* I. A. Cader
* Falil Caffoor
* Somaweera Chandrasiri
* Dharmasena Attygalle
* Wimalasiri de Mel
* Colvin R. de Silva
* K. C. de Silva
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Denzil Fernando
* Cholomondeley Goonewardene
* Leslie Goonewardene
* Vivienne Goonewardene
* Chandra Gunasekera
* T. B. Ilangaratne
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Bonnie Jayasuriya
* J. R. Jayewardene
* Pieter Keuneman
* A. D. J. L. Leo
* Mangala Moonesinghe
* S. Obeyesekera
* Dayasena Pasqual
* Paris Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* R. S. Perera
* Ranasinghe Premadasa
* Wilfred Senanayake
* M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
* Bernard Soysa
* V. A. Sugathadasa
* Vincent Perera
* S. K. K. Suriarachchi
* Stanley Tillekeratne
* Herbert Wickramasinghe
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Appointed (6)|

* Abdul Aziz
* M. D. S. Jayawardene
* S. S. Kulatileke
* Badi-ud-din Mahmud
* J. E. J. Rodrigo
* M. C. Subramaniam
* Chelliah Kumarasuriyar

*Appointed MPs were abolished in 1972 by the First Republican Constitution

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* Speaker: Anura Bandaranaike

* Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Sarath Amunugama
* Tissa Attanayake
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Anuruddha Ratwatte
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lucky Jayawardena
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Ediriweera Weerawardhana

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Matale|

* Alick Aluvihare
* Ranjith Aluvihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Monty Gopallawa
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya|

* Periyasamy Chandrasekaran
* Navin Dissanayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Muthu Sivalingam
* Suppiah Sathasiwam
* Krishnan Jegatheeswaran Shanmugam
* Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* Ferial Ismail Ashraff
* A. L. M. Athaullah
* P. Dayaratna
* Wimal Dissanayaka
* Chandradasa Galappaththige
* Markandu Gunasekeram
* U. L. M. Mohideen

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Batticaloa|

* Abdul Cader
* S. Ganeshamoorthy
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Joseph Pararajasingham
* Nimalan Soundaranayagam

Trincomalee|

* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* M. S. Thowfeek

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* V. Anandasangaree
* Douglas Devananda
* Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran
* T. Maheswaran
* Nadarasah Mathanarajah
* Kandiah Sangaran
* Mavai Senathirajah
* S. Sivamaharajah
* A. Vinayagamoorthy

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Vanni|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* R. Kuhaneswaran
* Noordeen Mashoor
* Vino Noharathalingam
* Santhakumara Punchihewa
* Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* Duminda Dissanayake
* Punchi Banda Dissanayake
* W. B. Ekanayake
* P. Harrison
* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* Tissa Karalliyadde
* Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne
* Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe

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Polonnaruwa|

* Earl Gunasekara
* Nandasena Herath
* Nelson Paththinige
* Rukman Senanayake
* Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* Rohitha Bogollagama
* Salinda Dissanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Jayarathna Herath
* Nimal Herath
* Sarath Munasinghe
* Ranjith Navaratne
* S.B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Munidasa Premachandra
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Nimal Bandara Rathnayake
* Somakumari Tennakoon
* Piyasoma Upali
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

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Puttalam|

* Palitha Range Bandara
* D. M. Dassanayake
* Ivon Sriyani Fernando
* Milroy Fernando
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Festus Perera
* Neomal Perera
* Dayasritha Thissera

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasuriya
* Lalith Dissanayake
* Mahipala Herath
* Jayathilaka Podinilame
* Champika Premadasa
* Sirisena Rupasinghe
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Mano Wijeyeratne

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Ratnapura|

* Gamini Atukorale
* Surangani Ellawala
* Heenmahaththaya Liyanage
* Abeynayaka Piyadasa
* Susantha Punchinilame
* Jayatissa Ranaweera
* Mahinda Ratnatilaka
* W. D. J. Senewiratne
* Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
* Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Sarath Gunawardena
* Padmasiri Kariyawasam
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Keerthi Mawellage
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Richard Pathirana
* Athula Indika Weerakoon

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Hambantota|

* Siri Alexander Andrahennady
* Nihal Galappaththi
* Ananda Kularatne
* Sajith Premadasa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* Jinadasa Kitulagoda
* Sagala Ratnayaka
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* Nimal Siripala De Silva
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara
* Upali Samaraweera
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ratnayake
* Dilan Perera

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Monaragala|

* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Sumedha Jayasena
* Ananda Kumarasiri
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
* Jayasundara Wijekoon

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Nimal Fernando
* Tyronne Fernando
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Bandula Gunawardena
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Indika Gunawardena
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Chandana Kathriarachchci
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Mohamed Maharoof
* M. H. Mohamed
* G. L. Peiris
* Lilantha Perera
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Samson Silva
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickramasinghe

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Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Edward Gunasekara
* Lionel Gunawardena
* Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Sarath Keerthirathna
* Ananda Munasinghe
* Sarathchandra Peramunagamage
* Felix Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Susil Premajayantha
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe

Kalutara|

* Reginold Cooray
* Tuder Dayarathne
* Nandana Gunathilake
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Ediriweera Premarathne
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Abeyrathne Pathirage
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Kumara Welgama
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)|

| JVP|

* A. R. Anjan Umma
* Anura Kumara Dissanayaka

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PA|

* Somaweera Chandrasiri
* Raja Collure
* Basheer Segu Dawood
* Ronnie de Mel
* Monty Gopallawa
* Leslie Gunawardana
* Mohamed Haneefa
* Lakshman Kadirgamar
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Alavi Moulana
* Rizzwi Sinnalebbe
* Batty Weerakoon
* R. Yogarajan

UNP|

* A. H. M. Azwer
* Nihal Bakmeewewa
* K. N. Choksy
* Sirinal de Mel
* P. P. Devaraj
* K. Kanakaraj
* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* Tilak Marapana
* Milinda Moragoda
* Ravindra Randeniya
* M. S. Sellasamy
* Daham Wimalasena

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