L. de S. A. Gunasekera
Lionel de Silva Abeyweera Gunasekera (18 April 1933 – 15 May 2009) was a Ceylonese school teacher and politician.[1][2][3]
Having started his career as a clerk, he became an English language teacher, he was elected to parliament from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the July 1960 general election from Kalawana defeating incumbent Abeyratne Pilapitiya.[4] He was the father of fourteen children.
References
- ^ "Hon. Gunasekera, Lionel de Silva Abeyweera, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Parliament of Sri Lanka (1972). Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon, 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. p. 53.
- ^ "PARLIAMENT Condolence motion: House honours four more departed colleagues". Daily News. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 20/07/1960" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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- Albert Kariyawasam
- Sumanapala Dahanayake
- Wijeyananda Dahanayake
- Neal de Alwis
- Lakshman de Silva
- M. P. de Zoysa
- H. W. Dissanayake
- D. S. Goonesekera
- Montague Jayawickrama
- Patrick de Silva Kularatne
- D. A. Rajapaksa
- George Rajapaksa
- Lakshman Rajapaksa
- Don Roy Rajapakse
- Senapala Samarasekera
- Mahanama Samaraweera
- Percy Wickremasinghe
- S. A. Wickramasinghe
- P. P. Wickremasuriya
- W. P. G. Ariyadasa
- B. H. Bandara
- S. B. Ekanayake
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- J. G. Gunasekera
- K. M. P. Rajaratne
- Kusuma Rajaratne
- Amarananda Ratnayake
- C. P. J. Seneviratne
- W. G. M. Albert Silva
- Felix Dias Bandaranaike
- S. D. Bandaranayake
- I. A. Cader
- Somaweera Chandrasiri
- Colvin R. de Silva
- W. Danister de Silva
- Razik Fareed
- T. Quintin Fernando
- Meryl Fernando
- Cholomondeley Goonewardene
- Leslie Goonewardene
- Philip Gunawardena
- Robert Gunawardena
- Lakshman Jayakody
- D. Shelton Jayasinghe
- Gamini Jayasuriya
- J. R. Jayewardene
- M. C. M. Kaleel
- Pieter Keuneman
- Wijayapala Mendis
- Anil Moonesinghe
- James Peter Obeyesekere III
- Dayasena Pasqual
- K. D. David Perera
- Paris Perera
- R. S. Perera
- Edmund Samarakkody
- D. S. Samarasinghe
- M. P. de Z. Siriwardena
- Bernard Soysa
- V. A. Sugathadasa
- S. K. K. Suriarachchi
- Stanley Tillekeratne
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
- Wijayabahu Wijayasinha
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