P. Gamini Ariyatilake

Hon.
P. G. Ariyatilake
MP
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Maskeliya
In office
1970–1977
Preceded byEdmund Wijesuriya
Personal details
Born
Piyadigamage Gamini Ariyatilake

(1917-05-26)26 May 1917
Died13 March 1983(1983-03-13) (aged 65)
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
SpouseHemalatha Senanayake[1]
ChildrenAnura, Yamuna, Preethi, Deepthi, Sesha, Thusitha
Alma materMahinda College, Galle[2]
University of Colombo (Sri Palee), Horana

Piyadigamage Gamini Ariyatilake (26 May 1917 – 13 March 1983) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.

P. G. Ariyatilake was born on 26 May 1917 and was educated at Mahinda College in Galle before attending the University of Colombo at its Sri Palee campus in Horana. Between 1939 and 1943 he served as a public health inspector before joining the Madyama Lanka Bus Company in 1944. He was elected as a member of the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council, serving as its chairman between 1961 and 1967.

Ariyatilake stood as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's candidate in Maskeliya Electoral District at the March 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections and was unsuccessful on both occasions.[3] He ran again in the 1970 parliamentary election and this time was successful in gaining the seat, with a margin of 696 votes.[4] In late 1976 Ariyatilake, together with a number of SLFP members of parliament, resigned from the party. Ariyatilake did not contest the 1977 parliamentary election.

Ariyatilake died on 13 March 1983 at the age of 65.

  1. ^ "Senanayake Ariyatilake Hemalatha Kumari". Sri Lankan Obituaries Funeral Details. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ de Silva, D.C.A.N (2014). Me Mahinda Shasthra Shala. Galle: Print House.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]