1917 Ceylonese Legislative Council election

none November 2020 March 2018 2nd Ceylonese Legislative Council election British Ceylon parliamentary no 1911 Ceylonese Legislative Council election 1911 1921 Ceylonese Legislative Council election 1921 9–20 January 1917 The second election to the Legislative Council of Ceylon was held 20 January 1917.Asia Timeshttps://www.nation.lk/2011/12/11/eyefea6.htm Eye www.nation.lk 10 November 2020 3 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200703145252/https://www.nation.lk/2011/12/11/eyefea6.htm dead Background In 1833 the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission created the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first step in representative government in British Ceylon. Initially the Legislative Council consisted of 16 members: the British Governor, the five appointed members of the Executive Council of Ceylon, four other government officials and six appointed unofficial members (three Europeans, one Sinhalese, one Tamil and one Burgher). In 1889 the number of appointed unofficial members was increased to eight (three Europeans, one Low Country Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, one Muslim and one Burgher).https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html People and State Power Wijesinghe Sam 25 December 2005 Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka 7 February 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111144/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html 5 June 2011 The Legislative Council was reformed in 1910 by the McCallum Reforms. Membership was increased to 21 of which 11 were officially appointed and 10 were unofficial (two elected Europeans, one elected Burgher, one elected educated Ceylonese, two appointed Low Country Sinhalese, two appointed Tamils, one appointed Kandyan Sinhalese and one appointed Muslim).http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH18Df04.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010827083810/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH18Df04.html unfit 27 August 2001 Chapter 2: Beginning of British Rule K T Rajasingham 18 August 2001 SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY 7 February 2010 Less than 3,000 Ceylonese were eligible to vote for the four elected unofficial members. Unofficial members The following were the elected unofficial members : elected Ceylonese member – Ponnampalam Ramanathan was elected with 1704 votes while his opponent, J. S. Jayawardene received only 48. appointed Tamil member – Arunachalam Sabapathy appointed Muslim member – Noordeen Hadjiar Mohamed Abdul Cadder29972 6 March 1917 2252 appointed Low-Country Sinhalese member – Marcus Fernando appointed Low-Country Sinhalese member – Wickelia Oswald Christopher Dissanayaka appointed Up-Country Sinhalese member – Meedeniya Rajakaruna Senanayake March 2018 References 2 Category:Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka Ceylon Category:1917 in Ceylon Category:1917 elections in the British Empire Category:January 1917 in Asia