Warnakulasuriya Philip Antony Protus Tissera (11 September 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a Ceylonese politician. Tissera was born 11 September 1925, the son of Benedict Tissera and Corilethina née Dabarera. He was educated at the R. C. School, Katuneriya,

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, St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa and St. Mary's College, Chilaw. He served as a member of the Kammalpattu Village Committee. Tissera contested the 6th parliamentary elections held on 22 March 1965 for the Nattandiya electorate, as the

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candidate. He lost to the incumbent,

Albert Peries Sir Pattiyapathirennehelage Albert Fredrick Peries, KBE (12 May 1905 – 21 September 1967) was the 4th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Serving as Deputy Speaker, Peries first became Speaker after the sudden death of Francis Molamure, ...

by 5,409 votes. Following Peries' death in September 1967 a by-election for his seat was held on 5 January 1968, at which Tissera ran again, losing to the United National Party candidate,

Hugh Fernando Warnakulasuriya Ichchampullige Hugh Fernando (17 November 1916 -2 April 1992) was a Sri Lankan politician born in Nainamadama. He was the House of Representatives (Ceylon), Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament. In 1952 he contested election ...

, by 260 votes. Tissera was elected to parliament the 7th parliamentary elections held on 27 May 1970, where he defeated Fernando by 1,450 votes, securing 52% of the total vote.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tissera, Protus 1925 births 2007 deaths Alumni of St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians People from British Ceylon