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1921 Ceylonese Legislative Council election

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27: 543: 170: 153:. 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 146:, two appointed Low Country Sinhalese, two appointed Tamils, one appointed Kandyan Sinhalese and one appointed Muslim). Less than 3,000 Ceylonese were eligible to vote for the four elected unofficial members. 806: 821: 781: 531: 509: 971: 956: 142:. Membership was increased to 21 of which 11 were officially appointed and 10 were unofficial (two elected Europeans, one elected Burgher, one elected educated 816: 811: 801: 796: 131:
In 1889 the number of appointed unofficial members was increased to eight (three Europeans, one Low Country Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, one
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In 1833 the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission created the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first step in representative government in
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The following were some of the elected unofficial members, by constituency:
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Chamber of Commerce (Low-Country Products Association) –
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The Legislative Council was reformed in 1910 by the
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Index

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1924
Legislative Council of Ceylon
Legislative Council of Ceylon
British Ceylon
British Governor
Executive Council of Ceylon
unofficial members
Europeans
Sinhalese
Tamil
Burgher
Muslim
Ceylonese
Indian Tamil
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adding missing items
Central Province
Gerard Wijeyekoon
Eastern Province
E. R. Tambimuthu
Northern Province
Waithilingam Duraiswamy
North Central Province
North Western Province
Charles Edgar Corea
Sabaragamuwa Province
W. E. Boteju
Southern Province
O. C. Tillekeratne

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