Denzil Fernando

Nicholas Denzil Fernando (24 March 1923 - 21 July 2010) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was former Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs and Member of Parliament.^[1]

Having studied at the Ceylon Law College, he took oaths as an proctor in 1952. He was elected to the Negombo Municipal Council in 1953. Having re-entered the Ceylon Law College he took oaths as an advocate in 1959. He became the Mayor of Negombo in 1960.^[2]^[1]

He contested the Negombo electorate from the United National Party in a by-election succeeding Quintin Fernando 1967. He retained his seat in the 1970 general elections and in the 1977 general elections. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs in 1977 and was appointed Minister Industries and Scientific Affairs in 1984.^[3]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Condolence motion: House mourns three more departed colleagues". Daily News. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ Negombo Law Society
^ FERNANDO, Leslie. "Clashes between the Catholic Church and Leftists in Negombo". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon (1965 (1965)–1970) →

Speaker: Albert Peries/Shirley Corea
Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake
Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province (23)

George Abeyagoonasekera
S. S. Abeysundara
Alick Aluwihare
W. M. G. T. Banda
M. A. Daniel
L. B. Dassanayake
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
T. B. M. Herath
C. Karunaratne
R. Kulatillake
P. G. Muthubanda
H. M. Navaratne
D. B. Ranatunga
D. J. Ranaweera
E. L. Senanayake
Hemachandra Sirisena
T. B. Tennekoon
Aloysius Weerakoon
R. P. Wijesiri
Edmund Wijesuriya
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Noel Wimalasena
S. B. Yalegama

Eastern Province (11)

Northern Province (13)

North Central Province (8)

North Western Province (16)

Sabaragamuwa Province (17)

M. L. M. Aboosally
Dhanapala Attygalle
C. R. Beligammana
D. F. Hettiarachchi
P. C. Imbulana
P. B. G. Kalugalla
Wimala Kannangara
Asoka Karunaratne
W. A. Karunasena
- Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
H. Kularatne
Nanda Mathew
N. M. Perera
Abeyratne Pilapitiya
Clifford Ratwatte
- Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte
Dudley Senanayake
Dhanapala Weerasekera
P. B. Wijesundara

Southern Province (19)

Uva Province (10)

Western Province (35)

Appointed (6)

v t e ← Members of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1970 (1970)–1977) →
Speaker: Stanley Tillekeratne Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: J. R. Jayewardene
Central Province (23)	M. S. Aluthgamage P. G. Ariyatillake Gamini Dissanayake A. G. Fernando Monty Gopallawa Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne D. M. Jayaratne T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Hector Kobbekaduwa R. Kulatillake H. M. Navaratne E. L. Senanayake Hemachandra Sirisena Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Richard Udugama P. B. Unantenne J. D. Weerasekera Noel Wimalasena S. B. Yalegama
Eastern Province (11)	M. C. Ahamed K. W. Devanayagam A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. M. Mustapha B. Neminathan C. Rajadurai P. R. Selvanayagam Senerath Somaratne S. Thambirajah A. Thangathurai
Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone S. A. Raheem V. Anandasangaree C. Arulampalam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam K. Jeyakody S. Kathiravelupillai C. X. Martyn V. N. Navaratnam K. P. Ratnam X. M. Sellathambu A. Thiagarajah K. Thurairatnam
North Central Province (8)	T. B. Herath A. M. Jinadasa R. B. Ratnamalala A. M. S. Adikari K. B. Ratnayake Maithripala Senanayake Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon Leelaratne Wijesinghe
North Western Province (16)	S. M. Asenkudhoos M. H. Naina Marikkar Tissa Balalla Augustheenu Fonseka Maithripala Herath S. B. Herat S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena G. W. Samarasinghe Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Protus Tissera P. B. Wettewa D. P. Wickramasinghe M. A. J. Wijesinghe P. Wijesinghe S. Wijewardena
Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya Nanda Ellawala Piyadasa Harischandra P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Sarath Muttetuwegama Vasudeva Nanayakkara N. M. Perera P. R. Ratnayake Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte Seetha Seneviratne Dudley Senanayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne W. A. A. Sirisena Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Dhanapala Weerasekera P. O. Wimalanaga
Southern Province (19)	Sumanapala Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Ronnie de Mel L. C. de Silva Weerasinghe de Silva Henry William Dissanayake Prins Gunasekera Panini Ilangakoon Albert Kariyawasam M. G. Mendis Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse Senapala Samarasekera Edirisuriya Tennyson B. Y. Tudawe S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (10)	R. M. Appuhamy W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara R. M. Bandara W. M. R. S. B. Delungahawatta A. M. Jayawardena S. A. S. Somapala Raja Welegama D. D. E. Wickremaratne
Western Province (35)	Kusala Abhayawardana Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike A. T. Basnayake I. A. Cader Falil Caffoor Somaweera Chandrasiri Dharmasena Attygalle Wimalasiri de Mel Colvin R. de Silva K. C. de Silva Wijayapala Mendis Denzil Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Chandra Gunasekera T. B. Ilangaratne Lakshman Jayakody Bonnie Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene Pieter Keuneman A. D. J. L. Leo Mangala Moonesinghe S. Obeyesekera Dayasena Pasqual Paris Perera Joseph Michael Perera R. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Wilfred Senanayake M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa Vincent Perera S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Herbert Wickramasinghe Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)	Abdul Aziz M. D. S. Jayawardene S. S. Kulatileke Badi-ud-din Mahmud J. E. J. Rodrigo M. C. Subramaniam Chelliah Kumarasuriyar *Appointed MPs were abolished in 1972 by the First Republican Constitution

v t e ← Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1977 (1977)–1989) →
Speaker: Anandatissa de Alwis/Abdul Bakeer Markar/E. L. Senanayake Prime Minister: J. R. Jayewardene/Ranasinghe Premadasa Leader of the Opposition: A. Amirthalingam/Anura Bandaranaike
Central Province (24)	George Abeyagoonasekera S. S. Abeysundara Alick Aluwihare R. B. Attanayake J. G. Wijeratne Banda W. M. G. T. Banda Anura Bandaranaike D. M. Chandrapala R. P. Wijesiri M. A. Daniel Rupa Sriyani Daniel Ananda Dassanayake Gamini Dissanayake W. M. P. B. Dissanayake K. W. R. M. Ekananayake Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Renuka Herath C. Karunaratne P. B. Kaviratne Gamini Rajapakse Shelton Ranaraja E. L. Senanayake Savumiamoorthy Thondaman T. B. Werapitiya R. P. Wijesiri L. M. Wijesiri Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Eastern Province (12)	M. L. Ahamed Fareeth Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe M. Canagaratnam Ranganayaki Pathmanathan P. Dayaratna K. W. Devanayagam P. Ganeshalingam M. A. M. Jalaldeen H. D. L. Leelaratne M. E. H. Maharoof M. A. Abdul Majeed Abdul Rasak Mansoor C. Rajadurai R. Sampanthan
Northern Province (14)	A. Amirthalingam V. Anandasangaree V. Dharmalingam S. Kathiravelupillai M. Alalasundaram V. N. Navaratnam T. Rasalingam K. P. Ratnam X. M. Sellathambu M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam P. S. Soosaithasan T. Thirunavukarasu Neelan Tiruchelvam K. Thurairatnam V. Yogeswaran
North Central Province (10)	A. M. S. Adikari K. D. M. C. Bandara Merril de Silva S. B. Wijekoon A. D. B. Ekanayake W. Y. Herath E. L. B. Hurulle G. D. Mahindasoma H. G. P. Nelson Maithripala Senanayake Dayaratne Walagambahu
North Western Province (19)	H. B. Abeyratne S. W. Alawatuwala Harindra Corea S. B. Herat Harold Herath J. A. D. S. R. Jayakody Lionel Jayatilleke H. M. A. Lokubanda M. H. M. Naina Marikar Festus Perera Gamini Jayawickrama Perera G. M. Premachandra Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake Kalubanda Ratnayake J. L. Sirisena Saddhatissa Wadigamangawa Asoka Wadigamangawa H. B. Wanninayake Dingiri Bandara Welagedara Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (17)	M. L. M. Aboosally Gamini Atukorale C. R. Beligammana Chandrasekera Gankanda P. C. Imbulana Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne H. Kularatne Mervyn Kularatne Leonard Kiriella, Wimal Wickramasinghe Nanda Mathew K. Vincent Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Sarath Muttetuwegama G. V. Punchinilame N. A. Seneviratne Wasantha Udayaratne A. K. D. Wanigaratne Nissanka Wijeyeratne
Southern Province (21)	Keerthisena Abeywickrama Keerthilatha Abeywickrama Sumanadasa Abeywickrama Richard Pathirana Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri Ranjit Atapattu P. M. B. Cyril Ronnie de Mel P. S. Galappaththi Albert Silva Wijeyananda Dahanayake T. D. Fransisku K. Ananda Kularatne Montague Jayawickrama Rupasena Karunatilake Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi Albert Silva Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena S. K. Piyadasa Bandulahewa Senadheera Daya Sepali Senadheera P. Sumathiratne G. V. S. de Silva Raitor Thilakasekara M. H. K. Jagathsena Edwin Tillekeratne Somaratne Asokaweera Norman Waidyaratna Harshanath Wanigasekera Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Jinadasa Weerasinghe Dayananda Wickremasinghe E. D. Wickrematilaka Amarasiri Dodangoda
Uva Province (12)	R. M. Abeykoon R. M. Apphamy Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Punchi Bandara R. M. Karunaratne W. M. Karunaratne J. M. Kumaradasa W. J. M. Lokubandara D. Vincent Perera Percy Samaraweera C. P. J. Seneviratne Lakshman Senewiratne Samaraweera Weerawanni
Western Province (39)	Lalith Athulathmudali Dharmasena Attygalle Gamini Lokuge Sirimavo Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Jabir Cader Anandatissa de Alwis N. Denzil Fernando Neville Fernando Tyronne Fernando Bennet Gunasekera Premaratne Gunasekera Dinesh Gunawardena Tudor Gunasekara Jayakody Kamalawarana Indradasa Hettiarachchi M. Haleem Ishak D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de Silva Jayasinghe Sunethra Ranasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya Ariyaratne Jayatillake M. D. H. Jayawardena J. R. Jayewardene Anura Bastian Merrill Kariyawasam Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Abdul Bakeer Markar Cyril Mathew Wijayapala Mendis M. H. Mohamed Joseph Michael Perera Vincent Perera O. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa M. D. Premaratne Sarathchandra Rajakaruna R. G. Samaranayake Senaraja Samaranayake Edmund Samarawickrema Ranil Wickremesinghe Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Anil Moonesinghe V. L. Wijemanne Mahendra Wijeratne