A. E. Silva

Not to be confused with A. E. de Silva.

Hon.
A. E. Silva
Member of Parliament
for Vanni District
In office
1989–1994
Personal details
Died(2002-09-14)14 September 2002
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyEelam People's Democratic Party

Anthony Emmanuel Silva (died 14 September 2002) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Silva contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to Parliament.[1] He later defected to the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party. He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as an EPDP candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected.[2][3]

Silva was burnt to death at his house on 14 September 2002 under mysterious circumstances.[4]

  1. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  4. ^ Sabaratnam, T. (16 September 2002). "Mystery death of former Vanni MP". Asian Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.