C. E. P. de Silva

Ceylonese lawyer and politician

Charles Edward Perry de Silva was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.^[1]

Following the death of the sitting State Council of Ceylon member for Negombo, Gate Mudaliyar A. E. Rajapakse, on 20 September 1937, de Silva was elected to the State Council at the subsequent by-election on 15 January 1938. De Silva died whilst still in office on 27 February 1942.^[2]^[3] He was replaced by Hector de Zoysa Siriwardena.^[4]

References

^ "Hon. de Silva, Charles Edward Perry, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Rajan, M. S. (ed.). Studies in Politics : National and International. Vikas Publications. p. 274.
^ Members of the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1931-83: Record of Service. Library of Parliament. 1983. p. 42.
^ Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. Library, National State Assembly. 1972. p. 192.

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Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon (1936 (1936)–1947) →

Speaker: Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Chief Secretary: Graeme Tyrrell (1936-1939), Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn (1939-1940), Guy Stanley Wodeman (1940-1942), Robert Drayton (1942-1946)

Central Province (8)

Abeyratne Ratnayaka
E. A. Nugawela
Senerat Gunewardene
K. Natesa Iyer
George E. de Silva
Bernard Aluwihare
E. W. Abeygunasekera
- M. D. Banda
- Bennet Soysa
S. P. Vythilingam

Eastern Province (2)

Northern Province (5)

North Central Province (1)

H. R. Freeman
- P. B. Bulankulame

North Western Province (5)

Sabaragamuwa Province (5)

Southern Province (7)

Uva Province (3)

Western Province (14)

Appointed (8)

Burgher	George Alfred Henry Wille
European	John William Oldfield Maurice John Cary Evelyn Charles Villiers R. P. Gaddum Evelyn Charles Villiers
Indian Tamil	I. X. Pereira
Muslim	Razik Fareed T. B. Jayah
Unknown	Howard Frank Parfitt Hubert Ernest Newnham Clement Johnston Black Francis Huntly Griffith George Roland Whitby