1921 Ceylonese Legislative Council election

none December 2019 3rd Ceylonese Legislative Council election British Ceylon parliamentary no 1917 Ceylonese Legislative Council election 1917 1924 Ceylonese Legislative Council election 1924 19 seats to the Legislative Council of Ceylon 10 seats were needed for a majority 21 April 1921 The third election to the Legislative Council of Ceylon was held on 21 April 1921.M Sarath K Munasinghe Political clergymen of the past http://www.island.lk/2004/03/31/opinio02.html www.island.lk The Island, Sri Lanka https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205653/http://www.island.lk/2004/03/31/opinio02.html 3 March 2016 dead 31 March 2004 6 February 2010 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/20090217124233/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH18Df04.html unfit 17 February 2009 SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 2: Beginning of British Rule K T Rajasingham 18 August 2001 Asia Times Less than 3,000 Ceylonese were eligible to vote for the four elected unofficial members. Further reforms were enacted in 1920 by the First Manning Reforms. Membership was increased to 37 of which 14 were officially appointed and 23 were unofficial (11 elected on a territorial basis, five elected Europeans, two elected Burghers, one elected to represent the Chamber of Commerce, two appointed Kandyan Sinhalese, one appointed Muslim and one appointed Indian Tamil.http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI01Df03.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010909181036/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI01Df03.html unfit 9 September 2001 SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 4: The Ceylon National Congress and its intrigues K T Rajasingham 1 September 2001 Asia Times Elected unofficial members February 2011 The following were some of the elected unofficial members, by constituency: Central Province – Gerard Wijeyekoon. Eastern Province – E. R. Tambimuthu, elected unopposed.http://www.island.lk/2004/04/05/featur03.html Geography is thicker than blood: Prabhakaran (North) – Karuna (East) feud in context Shantha K. Hennayake 5 April 2004 The Island, Sri Lanka 7 February 2010 17 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110617045838/http://www.island.lk/2004/04/05/featur03.html dead Northern Province – Waithilingam Duraiswamy. North Central Province – E. R. Krishnaratne. North Western Province – Charles Edgar Corea. Sabaragamuwa Province – W. E. Boteju, polled 615 votes. Southern Province – O. C. Tillekeratne. Uva Province – Henry Kotelawala. Western Province Colombo – James Peiris. Western Province Division A – W. M. Rajapaksa. Western Province Division B – E. W. Perera. Chamber of Commerce (Low-Country Products Association) – Henry de Mel, elected unopposed. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka Category:1921 elections in Ceylon Category:1921 in Ceylon Category:1921 elections in the British Empire Category:April 1921 in Asia