Sir Pattiyapathirennehelage Albert Fredrick Peries, KBE (12 May 1905 – 21 September 1967) was the 4th

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, in office since 20 August 2020. The Speaker fulfills ...

. Serving as Deputy Speaker Peries first became Speaker with the sudden death of

Francis Molamure Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, (7 February 1888 – 25 January 1951) (commonly known as Sir Francis Molamure or A. F. Molamure) was a Ceylonese politician. He became the first speaker of both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Ceyl ...

, who collapsed and died while presiding over the session. Peries attended St. Joseph's College, Colombo where he was a keen sportsman. He entered the

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and qualified as a

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and a notary public. He was elected to the seat of Nattandiya in the 1947 parliamentary election and was re-elected in the 1952, 1960 (March and July), 1965 and died in office in 1967. He only lost the 1956 parliamentary election to

Hugh Fernando Warnakulasuriya Ichchampullige Hugh Fernando (17 November 1916 -2 April 1993) was a Sri Lankan politician born in Nainamadama. He was the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament. In 1952 he contested Nattandiya electorate as an independent candi ...

. Peries was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the

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during his first tenure as Speaker. The Sir Albert F. Peiris Sports Complex in Wennappuwa is named after him.

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Peries, Pattiyapathirennehelage Albert Fredrick (Sir)Speaker of the Parliament
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