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- Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1956. They were a watershed in the country's political history, and were the first elections fought to...8 KB (487 words) - 04:26, 30 January 2025
- Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon on 19 March 1960. By 1960, Ceylon's governing Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) coalition was falling apart....18 KB (260 words) - 22:48, 27 January 2025
- election 1956 Nyasaland general election 1956 Burmese general election 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1956 Iranian legislative election 1956 Japanese...3 KB (336 words) - 03:47, 1 August 2024
- Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department...6 KB (289 words) - 19:12, 29 January 2025
- 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (category 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election)the results of the 1956 parliamentary election between 5 and 10 April 1956. The parliament met for the first time on 19 April 1956 and was dissolved on...5 KB (181 words) - 19:21, 19 November 2024
- Sri Lanka. p. 78. "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1956" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 August...1 KB (88 words) - 00:03, 17 September 2024
pp. 7–8 T. B. Subasinghe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence External Affairs (12 July 1956). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Vol 25....25 KB (2,992 words) - 08:21, 3 February 2025- Clodagh Jayasuriya (category Ceylonese Members of the Order of the British Empire)Clodagh Jayasuriya, MBE, (née Jayewardene) was a Ceylonese politician and the first female to be elected to the Senate of Ceylon. Clodagh Jayewardene...4 KB (339 words) - 10:19, 4 January 2025
Monarchy of Ceylon (1948–1972) (redirect from Ceylonese monarch)Most of them were awarded on the advice of the monarch's Ceylonese ministers. However, in 1956, the government of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike put an end to the...98 KB (11,021 words) - 04:03, 31 January 2025
was reaffirmed by the new government installed after the 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election. The Navy Yard, and Admiralty House were handed over on...51 KB (3,540 words) - 18:40, 16 December 2024
Oliver Goonetilleke (category Ceylonese people of World War II)became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962). He was the first Ceylonese individual to hold the vice-regal post. Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke was...28 KB (2,681 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2025- Sri Lanka. p. 78. "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1956" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 August...1 KB (96 words) - 08:18, 15 July 2023
- Ivan Dassanayake (category Ceylonese Officers of the Order of the British Empire)1910 - ??) was a Ceylonese politician. In 1947 Dassanayake was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon at the 1st parliamentary election, in the Wariyapola...4 KB (233 words) - 20:35, 30 June 2022
- Wijewardene (Vimala; née Silva; 7 August 1908 – 27 January 1994) was a Ceylonese politician and the country's first female cabinet minister. Following...9 KB (682 words) - 19:55, 21 October 2024
- Lankabaranage Bopal Sudhira Jinasena (16 January 1906 - ?) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. In 1956 he was elected as the second member of the Parliament of...2 KB (116 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2024
- the fortunes of the party he founded. He was of Ceylonese Tamil ancestry and his father was a Ceylonese lawyer from Jaffna. Starting as a lawyer for his...8 KB (975 words) - 03:55, 21 January 2025
- representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party at the 1956 parliamentary election. He contested all the parliamentary elections from 1960 to 1977 from Rakwana, winning...2 KB (163 words) - 09:54, 7 October 2024
- Freedom Party. Jinadasa contested the 3rd parliamentary election, held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, in Maskeliya electorate. He was elected...3 KB (180 words) - 08:19, 15 July 2023
- at the 3rd parliamentary election in April 1956, the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 and the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July...4 KB (392 words) - 09:20, 3 October 2023
- Sumanatilake (?–1967) was a Ceylonese politician. Sumanatilake was elected to parliament at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and...2 KB (167 words) - 13:58, 13 August 2023
- in future, but we think that it would be undesirable to hold a Parliamentary election before there has been time for those to whom citizenship will now