Alexander Francis Molamure Jr

Not to be confused with Alexander Francis Molamure.
Hon.
Alexander Francis Molamure
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Balangoda
In office
1952–1956
Personal details
Political partyUnited National Party

Alexander Francis Molamure was a Ceylonese politician.[1]

Born to A. H. Molamure, he was a nephew of Sir Francis Molamure.[citation needed] Molamure was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, where he played for the college cricket team in the Royal-Thomian.[2]

The United National Party selected Jayaweera Kuruppu to succeed his uncle Sir Francis Molamure who died in office as the Speaker of parliament in preference to him in the by-election in 1951.[3][4] Kuruppu soon after left the party to join S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike when he left the United National Party. Molamure contested the 1952 general election from the United National Party and was elected to the House of Representatives of Ceylon. He contested the 1956 general election from Balangoda, but polled fourth and lost his seat.[5]

  1. ^ "Hon. Molamure, Alexander Francis, M.P." Directory of Past members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Royal-Thomian – Families". thepapare.com. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Molamure is elected Speaker of First Parliament". Sunday Times. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1952" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections. Retrieved 1 June 2020.