Upali Gunaratne

Hon.
Upali Gunaratne
MP
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
1994–2000
Personal details
Born
Kalupathirannehage Don Upali Gunaratne

(1954-03-10) 10 March 1954 (age 70)
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Children2
Alma materS. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa

Kalupathirannehage Don Upali Gunaratne (born 10 March 1954) is a Sri Lankan politician and the chief organiser[1] of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Dompe electorate. He is a senior councilman on the Western Province Council[2][3] and was a member of Parliament.[4]

In 1985, Gunaratne became one of the youngest members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s Executive Committee under the patronage of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. At the 10th parliamentary election, held on 16 August 1994, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Gampaha District. Gunaratne polled 55,328 votes (6.17% of the total vote).[5] He was elected to Western Province Council in March 2009,[6] and was a Senior Councilor representing Gampaha District.[7] (in office 2009-2020)

Gunaratne served as chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, chairman of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment[8] and chairman of the National Savings Bank.[9][10]

He is an old boy from S. Thomas’ College, Gurutalawa.[11]

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  2. ^ "Hon. Members of the Provincial Councils Western Province" (PDF). Western province Council. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ Perera, Chaminda (28 April 2009). "Prasanna Ranatunga tops WPC preference votes". The Daily News. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Gunaratne, Kalupathirannehelage Don Upali, MP". Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary General Election -1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.slelections.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Gampaha District Preferential Votes: Complete list of winners". 31 March 2014.
  8. ^ Jansz, Frederica (21 November 2004). "Upali damns Jeyaraj". The Sunday leader. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "UPFA hands in nominations". Campaign for Free & Fair Election. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ^ Galagoda, Surekha (28 September 2008). "Funds flowing from savings to FDs affects profits - NSB chairman". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ^ "News of the old Boys" (PDF). stcg62group.org. 6 August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2023.