Dhanapala Weerasekera

Hon.
Dhanapala Weerasekera
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Ratnapura
In office
1960–1965
Preceded byH. Weragama
Succeeded byDhanapala Attygalle
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Dehiowita
In office
1965–1977
Preceded bySoma Wickremanayake
Succeeded byPost-abolished
Personal details
Born(1924-05-26)26 May 1924
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Died24 February 2011(2011-02-24) (aged 86)
Political partyLanka Sama Samaja Party
SpouseJoyce Eleanor Pinto Jayawardena
Professionpolitician

Dhanapala Philip Ranil Weerasekera (26 May 1924 – 24 February 2011) was a Ceylonese politician.[1][2]

A member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, he was elected to parliament from the Ratnapura electorate in the July 1960 general elections. He then contested the Dehiowita electorate and won in the 1965 general elections and the 1970 general elections. He contested and lost the 1977 general elections from the Deraniyagala electorate.[3]

Born to T. B. Weerasekara, Ratey Mahatmaya/රටේ මහත්මයා of Pelmadulla. He was married to Joyce Eleanor Pinto Jayawardena, they had two daughters.[4]

  1. ^ "Hon. Weerasekera, Dhanapala Philip Ranil, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jātika Rājya Sabhāva. Pustakālaya (1972). Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library.
  3. ^ Goonetilleke, T. V. (Ed) (1983). Members of the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1931-83: Record of Service. Library of Parliament.
  4. ^ "Demise of ex-MP Dhanapala Weerasekara". Daily News. Retrieved 19 July 2021.