W. Wickremasinghe

Sri Lankan politician

Wilson Punnasoma Abeywardena Wickremasinghe (25 December 1899 – ?) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.[1]

He was the older brother of Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe, the leader of the Communist Party of Ceylon.[2][3]

In 1947 he was elected to the first parliament of Ceylon, as an independent, in the Akuressa electorate,[4] before joining the Communist Party of Ceylon.[5] He didn't contest the subsequent 1952 parliamentary elections, allowing his brother's wife, Doreen Young, to run as the Communist Party's candidate.

In 1997 his son, Danyananda, was elected as the United National Party candidate for the Akuressa electorate.

## References

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1. ^ "Hon. Wickremasinghe, Wilson Punnasoma Abeywardena, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
2. ^ "Biography of S. A. Wickramasinghe". Daily News. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
3. ^ Peebles, Patrick (2015). Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka. Rowman and Littlefield. p. 385\. ISBN 9781442255852.
4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
5. ^ Wickramasinghe, Nira (1995). Ethnic Politics in Colonial Sri Lanka, 1927-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 242\. ISBN 9780706987911.

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* Ivan Dassanayake
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* William de Silva
* Arthur de Zoysa
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* Montague Jayawickrama
* P. Kumarasiri
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* Lakshman Rajapaksa
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* Leo Fernando
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* S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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* George R. de Silva
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* Cholomondeley Goonewardene
* Philip Gunawardena
* Kusumasiri Gunawardena
* Robert Gunawardena
* T. B. Jayah
* M. C. M. Kaleel
* A. P. Jayasuriya
* D. P. Jayasuriya
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* D. D. Karunaratne
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