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of Ceylon in 1932. He practiced in Chilaw and extended his much sought legal carrier in
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where he excelled in school debates and he served as
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457:19565 parliamentary election
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1339:Doreen Young Wickremasinghe
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1874:Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe
1669:Leader of the Opposition
1436:S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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894:S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
889:Leader of the Opposition
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2105:Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
1793:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
1693:George Abeyagoonasekera
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1552:Robert Singleton-Salmon
1196:Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
441:Parliamentary Secretary
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2262:Wijeyananda Dahanayake
2061:M. H. M. Naina Marikar
2056:I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
2022:North Western Province
2002:Maithripala Senanayake
1968:North Central Province
1908:S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
1466:S. de Silva Jayasinghe
1456:Kusumasiri Gunawardena
1421:A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe
1289:Wijeyananda Dahanayake
1171:I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
1147:North Western Province
1137:Maithripala Senanayake
1108:North Central Province
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2316:Montague Jayawickrama
2228:Dhanapala Weerasekera
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2012:Leelaratne Wijesinghe
1674:Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1441:Somaweera Chandrasiri
1319:Montague Jayawickrama
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2429:C. P. J. Seneviratne
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2358:Percy Wickremasinghe
2206:Abeyratne Pilapitiya
1918:S. Kathiravelupillai
1854:M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
1768:Hemachandra Sirisena
1476:M. D. H. Jayawardena
1334:Mahanama Samaraweera
1024:M. E. H. Mohamed Ali
990:Ukku Banda Unamboowe
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2545:Abdul Bakeer Markar
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2483:T. Quintin Fernando
2458:S. D. Bandaranayake
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2154:D. F. Hettiarachchi
2144:Dhanapala Attygalle
2110:Mudiyanse Tennakoon
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1496:C. W. W. Kannangara
1431:S. D. Bandaranayake
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1375:J. C. T. Kotelawala
1314:Charles Edirisuriya
1034:N. R. Rajavarothiam
958:Abeyratne Ratnayaka
524:Charles Edgar Corea
449:Sir John Kotelawala
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344:Charles Edgar Corea
205:W. J. C. Munasinghe
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2587:K. D. David Perera
2565:Colvin R. de Silva
2505:Philip Gunawardena
2478:M. Ruskin Fernando
2382:W. P. G. Ariyadasa
2348:Edwin Tillekeratne
2341:Albert Kariyawasam
2336:R. G. Samaranayake
2164:P. B. G. Kalugalla
2139:M. L. M. Aboosally
2083:R. R. W. Rajapakse
2007:P. M. K. Tennakoon
1953:T. Sivasithamparam
1948:M. Sivasithamparam
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1849:S. M. Manickarajah
1844:M. A. Abdul Majeed
1839:A. L. Abdul Majeed
1778:Aloysius Weerakoon
1614:6th Parliament of
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1461:Robert Gunawardena
1368:Gladwin Kotelawala
1329:V. G. W. Ratnayake
1284:Henry Abeywickrema
1255:Edmund Samarakkody
1230:N. H. Keerthiratne
1127:S. H. Mahadiulwewa
1039:S. M. Rasamanickam
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2424:Percy Samaraweera
2282:Lakshman de Silva
2272:A. D. S. de Silva
2243:Southern Province
2233:P. B. Wijesundara
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2211:Clifford Ratwatte
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1992:R. B. Ratnamalala
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953:H. B. Rambukwella
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879:Dudley Senanayake
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2402:J. G. Gunasekera
2392:Dharmadasa Banda
2331:M. H. Saddhasena
2326:George Rajapaksa
2321:C. N. Kannangara
2311:Sirisena Hettige
2306:Prins Gunasekera
2289:William de Silva
2179:W. A. Karunasena
2046:Herath Ekanayake
1982:E. L. B. Hurulle
1933:V. N. Navaratnam
1903:A. Amirthalingam
1813:Eastern Province
1763:E. L. Senanayake
1743:P. G. Muthubanda
1684:Central Province
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1309:C. A. Dharmapala
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1773:T. B. Tennekoon
1758:D. J. Ranaweera
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1728:T. B. M. Herath
1703:Alick Aluwihare
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1426:John Amaratunga
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1265:Harold Weragama
1220:C. E. Attygalle
1205:
1181:John Kotelawala
1166:Kavisena Herath
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948:T. B. Panabokke
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2597:R. S. Perera
2592:Paris Perera
2414:S. A. Peeris
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2031:M. D. Banda
1019:A. M. Merza
985:H. B. Tenne
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