The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and its antecedent bodies who died in office.
State Council of Ceylon (1931–1947) Member Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Godfrey Edward Madawala Narammala 54 S. O. Canagaratnam Batticaloa South 57-58 Neil Hewavitarne Udugama Charles Batuwantudawe Kalutara 62 Naysum Saravanamuttu Colombo North 43-44 C. E. P. de Silva Negombo R. Sri Pathmanathan Mannar-Mullaitivu J. H. Ilangantileke Puttalam G. C. Rambukpotha Bibile 58 Siripala Samarakkody Narammala 37 Typhoid fever H. R. Freeman Anuradhapura 81 D. M. Rajapaksa Hambantota 49 Heart attack R. C. Kannangara Morawaka 26
Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972)
Member Party Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Attanagalla 60 Assassinated Bernard Aluwihare Matale 58 Cancer
National State Assembly (1972–1978)
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present)
Member Party Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause M. Canagaratnam Pottuvil 56 Assassinated Bandulahewa Senadheera Karandeniya Jinadasa Weerasinghe Tangalle 61 Assassinated Keerthisena Abeywickrama Deniyaya 61 Assassinated G. V. S. de Silva Habaraduwa Assassinated Lionel Jayatilleke Habaraduwa 64 Assassinated W. M. G. T. Banda Galagedara Assassinated Lesley Ranagala Borella Assassinated M. A. Daniel Kandy Assassinated A. Amirthalingam Kankesanthurai Assassinated Daya Sepali Senadheera Karandeniya Assassinated Merill Kariyawasam Agalawatte Assassinated Sam Tambimuttu Batticaloa 57-58 Assassinated G. Yogasangari Jaffna Assassinated Ranjan Wijeratne National List 59 Assassinated Lalith Athulathmudali Colombo 56 Assassinated Gamini Dissanayake Kandy 52 Assassinated Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Colombo 64 Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake) Ossie Abeygunasekera Colombo 44 Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi) Nalanda Ellawala Ratnapura 29 Assassinated A. Thangathurai Mutur 61 Assassinated M. E. H. Maharoof Trincomalee 58 Assassinated Bernard Soysa Colombo 83 S. Shanmuganathan Vavuniya 38 Assassinated Neelan Tiruchelvam National List 55 Assassinated Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Kandy 72 Savumiamoorthy Thondaman National List 86 Heart failure Nadarajah Atputharajah Jaffna 36 Assassinated C. V. Gunaratne Colombo Assassinated M. Sivasithamparam National List 78 Lakshman Kadirgamar National List 73 Assassinated Joseph Pararajasingham National List 71 Assassinated Nadarajah Raviraj Jaffna 44 Assassinated Anwar Ismail National List T. Maheswaran Colombo 41 Assassinated D. M. Dassanayake Puttalam 54 Assassinated Sripathi Sooriyarachchi Gampaha 45 Road accident Kiddinan Sivanesan Jaffna 51 Assassinated Anura Bandaranaike Gampaha 59 Cancer Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Gampaha 55 Assassinated Reggie Ranatunga Gampaha 55 Alick Aluvihare Matale 83 K. Pathmanathan Ampara 60 Amarasiri Dodangoda Galle 67 Sarath Ranawaka Kalutara 58 P. Chandrasekaran Nuwara Eliya 52 Cirrhosis Noordeen Mashoor Vanni 48 Heart attack Jayalath Jayawardena Gampaha 59 Heart attack Neranjan Wickremasinghe Kurunegala 53 Heart attack M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana National List 68 Amarakeerthi Athukorala Polonnaruwa 57 Lynched by a mob Sanath Nishantha Puttalam 48 Road accident. K. H. Nandasena Anuradhapura 69 R. Sampanthan Trincomalee 91 Kosala Jayaweera Kegalle 38 Heart attack
See also List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War
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