Nanda Sydney Ellawala (13 November 1939 – 1994) was a
Ceylon
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ese politician. He was a
Member of Parliament from the
Ratnapura electorate.
Early life and family
He was born to Robert Sydney Ellawala and Mallika Kobbekaduwa of the
Radala
Radala refers to a small minority group in Sri Lanka in the former provinces of the Kingdom of Kandy, who are either descendants of chiefs and courtiers of the King of Kandy of Nayaks of Kandy or descendants of native headmen appointed by the ...
Ellawala family. A descendent of
William Ellawala, he was a cousin of
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (; ; ; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, world's first fe ...
who would become
Prime Minister of Ceylon
The prime minister of Sri Lanka, officially the prime minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's exec ...
.
Political career
Nanda Ellawala contested the Ratnapura electorate from the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP; ; ) is a centre-left political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in 1951, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two main parties from the 1950s to the 2010s, serving as the main rival of the c ...
in the
1970 parliamentary elections winning against P.B. Wijesundara gaining 42,004 votes to 22,633 votes and entered parliament. He was defeated in the
1977 parliamentary elections by the
United National Party
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Founded in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two main parties for several decades. The UNP has served as the country's ruling party ...
candidate
G. V. Punchinilame by 23,525 votes to 16,002 votes.
He was again re-elected to parliament from Ratnapura in the
1989 parliamentary elections and held the seat until his death in 1994, when it was succeeded by his son
Nalanda Ellawala who was elected to parliament in the
1994 parliamentary elections, who held the seat until his death in 1997.
Family
He married
Surangani Tennekoon. They had two children,
Nalanda
Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be am ...
and Visaka Ellawala.
See also
*
List of political families in Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed
*A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ...
References
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians
1939 births
1994 deaths
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