2nd State Council of Ceylon


The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and was dissolved on 4 July 1947.

Election

The 2nd state council election was held between 22 February and 7 March 1936 in 43 of the 50 constituencies. The remaining seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.
The new state council met for the first time on 17 March 1936 and elected Waithilingam Duraiswamy, Susantha de Fonseka and R. S. Tennekoon as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Deputy Chairman of Committees respectively.

Deaths, resignations and removals

NameAppointed/
Elected
ConstituencyVotesMajorityTook officeLeft officeNotes
ElectedNuwara EliyaDismissed from office, succeeded by M. D. Banda
ElectedUdugamaSucceeds Neil Hewavitarne
ElectedMatale
ElectedGalle
ElectedMoratuwaSucceeds W. A. de Silva
ElectedNuwara Eliya--Succeeds E. W. Abeygunasekera, Acting Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
ElectedVeyangoda--Minister of Local Administration
ElectedKalutaraDied in office, succeeded by Upali Batuwantudawe
ElectedKalutaraSucceeds Charles Batuwantudawe
Appointed
ElectedAnuradhapuraSucceeds H. R. Freeman
ElectedBatticaloa SouthDied in office, succeeded by S. Dharmaretnam
AppointedEuropean
ElectedChilawMinister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
ElectedBibileSucceeds G. C. Rambukpotha
ElectedPanaduraDeputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees
ElectedNegomboSucceeds A. E. Rajapakse. Died in office, succeeded by H. de Z. Siriwardena
ElectedKandyMinister of Health
ElectedColombo NorthSucceeded Naysum Saravanamuttu
ElectedMoratuwaMinister of Health Resigned from office, succeeded by Thomas Amarasuriya
ElectedColombo South
ElectedBalapitiya
ElectedBatticaloa SouthSucceeds S. O. Canagaratnam
ElectedKayts--Speaker
AppointedMuslims--
ElectedAnuradhapuraDied in office, succeeded by P. B. Bulankulame
AppointedEuropeanSucceeds E. C. Villiers. Resigned from office, succeeded by E. C. Villiers
ElectedBalangodaDismissed from office, succeeded by Alexander Francis Molamure
ElectedColombo CentralSucceeded by M. C. M. Kaleel
Appointed
ElectedBandarawelaResigned from office, succeeded by J. G. Rajakulendran
ElectedAvissawellaVacated office in July 1942, succeeded by Bernard Jayasuriya
ElectedGampola
ElectedUdugamaDied in office, succeeded by Simon Abeywickrema
ElectedMatara
ElectedPuttalamDied in office, succeeded by U. B. Wanninayake
ElectedMannar-MullaitivuSucceeds R. Sri Pathmanathan, succeeded by Jeganathan Tyagarajah
AppointedMuslims--
ElectedHorana
ElectedAvissawellaSucceeds Philip Gunawardena
ElectedGampaha
ElectedKelaniya--Minister of Home Affairs, resigned from office, succeeded by J. R. Jayewardene
ElectedRuwanwellaSucceeded N. M. Perera
ElectedKelaniyaSucceeds D. B. Jayatilaka
ElectedColombo CentralSucceeds A. E. Goonesinha
ElectedMatugamaMinister of Education
ElectedMorawakaDied in office, succeeded by S. A. Wickramasinghe
ElectedBadulla
ElectedKurunegala--Minister of Communications and Works
ElectedBalapitiya
ElectedRatnapura
ElectedJaffnaMinister of Home Affairs
ElectedBalangodaSucceeds H. A. Goonesekera
ElectedTrincomalee-BatticaloaSucceeds E. R. Tambimuttu
ElectedHatton
ElectedKankesanthurai
Appointed
ElectedGalagedara
AppointedEuropean
AppointedResigned from office.
AppointedIndian Tamils--Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
ElectedRuwanwellaRemoved from office, succeeded by R. E. Jayetilleke
ElectedPoint Pedro
ElectedBandarawelaSucceeds D. D. Gunasekera
ElectedHambantotaSucceeds D. M. Rajapaksa
ElectedHambantotaDied in office, succeeded by D. A. Rajapaksa
ElectedNegomboDied in office, succeeded by C. E. P. de Silva
ElectedBibileDied in office. Succeeded by Wijeyananda Dahanayake
ElectedDumbara
ElectedKegalle
ElectedNarammalaDied in office, succeeded by Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
ElectedColombo NorthDied in office, succeeded by George R. de Silva
ElectedDedigamaMinister of Agriculture and Lands
ElectedMinuwangoda--Minister of Agriculture and Lands
ElectedNarammalaSucceeds Siripala Samarakkody
ElectedNegomboSucceeds C. E. P. de Silva
ElectedNuwara Eliya
ElectedMannar-MullaitivuDied in office, succeeded by Gnanamuthu Isaac
ElectedTrincomalee-BatticaloaDismissed from office, succeeded by V. Nalliah
ElectedKatugampolaDeputy Chairman of Committees
ElectedMannar-MullaitivuSucceeds Gnanamuthu Isaac
AppointedEuropean

Resigned from office, succeeded by R. P. Gaddum. Succeeds R. P. Gaddum
ElectedTalawakelle
ElectedWeligama
ElectedPuttalamSucceeds J. H. Ilangantileke
Appointed
ElectedMorawakaSucceeds R. C. Kannangara
AppointedBurgher