This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon.
Presidents of the Senate
Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 – ) Nicholas Attygalle (1952–1955) Cyril de Zoysa (1955–1961) Sarath Wijesinghe (1962–1965) Thomas Amarasuriya (1963–65) Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965–1971)
Deputy presidents of the Senate
Peri Sundaram (1947 – ) Frank Gunasekera (1948–1951) Cyril de Zoysa (1951–1955) Adeline Molamure (1955 – ) B. H. Dunuwille S. D. S. Somaratne
Leaders of the Senate Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951) Oliver Goonetilleke (1951–1954)
Senators
N. M. Appuhamy, elected UNP Kurbanhusen Adamaly (1949–61), appointed.Gazette Notification No. 1041 of 1953; G.G.O No. C 163/49 J. A. Amaratunga, appointed Thomas Amarasuriya (1953–65), UNP/SLFP Nicholas Attygalle (1952–), appointed A. M. A. Azeez (1952–63), appointed, UNP/independent Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–65), SLFP I. A. Cader (1969–1970), appointed Mohamed Shums Cassim (1953–54), elected C. Coomaraswamy (1947–1950), appointed Cissy Cooray (1947–1952), appointed – first woman appointed to the Senate Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected Evadne de Silva Evelyn de Soysa (1958–1963),100th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF S.T.L.DE SOYSA, A man of vision and principle, The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved 30 May 2015The Holy Emmanuel Church (history) Retrieved 30 January 2015 M. W. H. de Silva Cyril de Zoysa (1947–), elected M. P. de Zoysa (1960–1971), appointed Doric de Souza, LSSP B. H. Dunuwille Sam Peter Christopher FernandoA salute to Sam P.C. ! Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947–), appointed Oliver Goonetilleke (1947–1948;1951–1954), appointed Frank Gunasekera (1947–), appointed A. R. M. Hameem (1963–1969), appointed L. L. Hunter (1950–1953), appointed Sir Herbert Eric Jansz (1947–1950), appointed J. P. Jayasena Ukwatte Jayasundera A. P. Jayasuriya Clodagh Jayasuriya, UNP, elected (October 1953 – 1956) N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957–) Valentine S. Jayawickrema Stanley Kalpage S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949–57), appointed, UNP/ACTC E. W. Kannangara (1954–1959), elected SLFP M. D. Kitchilan (1965–1971), appointed John Kotelawala, UNP Justin Kotelawala (1947–1954), elected, UNP Dr R. B. Lenora M. Manickam, ITAK Mohamed Macan Markar (1947–1952), appointed S. M. H. Mashoor (1965–1971), elected Adeline Molamure (1947–), elected S. Z. Mashoor Moulana (1967), elected S. Nadarajah (1965–71), ACTC S. Nadesan (1947–71) S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai) Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951–57), LSSP E. M. V. Naganathan (1947–), elected, ACTC/ITAK Jinadasa Niyathapala, appointed 1960–1964 James Peter Obeyesekere III Bertram Ivor Palipane (1952–57), elected Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954–) M. V. P Peiris D. W. J. Perera (1947–), elected
Reginald Perera (1959–71), MEP D. M. Rajapaksa Lalitha Rajapakse (1947–), appointed A. B. Rajendra (1947–), appointed
Abeyratne Ratnayaka Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik (1947–1952), elected Philip Rodrigo Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947–), appointed H. de Z. Siriwardena (1952–), appointed Seetha Seneviratne (1967–) Robert Singleton-Salmon (1950–1951), appointed Bennet Soysa (1947–), elected Peri Sundaram (1947–), elected, CIC John Tarbat (1947–), appointed M. Tiruchelvam (1965–71), Federal Party Heen Banda UdurawanaHeen Banda Udurawana Diyawadana Nilame . Daily News, Retrieved on 16 December 2002. Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1952–1956), appointed Donatius Victoria (1947–), appointed A. F. Wijemanne Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-) Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947-), appointed Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951), appointed E. B. Wikramanayake G. P. Wickramarachchi (1947–1960), appointed T. Y. Wright (1947–), appointed
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