Nicholas Denzil Fernando (24 March 1923 - 21 July 2010) was a

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n lawyer and politician. He was former Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs and Member of Parliament. Having studied at the

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, he took oaths as an

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in 1952. He was elected to the

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in 1953. Having re-entered the Ceylon Law College he took oaths as an

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in 1959. He became the Mayor of Negombo in 1960. He contested the Negombo electorate from the

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in a by-election succeeding Quintin Fernando 1967. He retained his seat in the 1970 general elections and in the 1977 general elections. He was appointed

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of Industries and Scientific Affairs in 1977 and was appointed Minister Industries and Scientific Affairs in 1984.

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