Florence Senanayake
Hon. Florence Senanayake | |
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Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kiriella | |
In office 1947–1952 | |
Preceded by | seat created |
Succeeded by | A. E. B. Kiriella |
Personal details | |
Born | Daisy Maria Florence Mendis (1903-06-19)19 June 1903 |
Died | 3 December 1988(1988-12-03) (aged 85) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Spouse | Reginald S. Vincent Senanayke |
Relations | K. E. Mendis (father) |
Children | Nimal, Laki, Daya, Evan, Rani, Lalitha |
Alma mater | Princess of Wales' College, Colombo |
Occupation | politician |
Daisy Maria Florence Senanayake (née Mendis) (19 June 1903 – 3 December 1988) was the first female Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).[1][2]
Daisy Maria Florence Mendis was born on 19 June 1903 into a family of eight children in Rawatawatta, Moratuwa. Her father, K. E. Mendis, was a planter. She was educated at the Princess of Wales' College, Colombo.[3]
In 1925 she married Reginald S. Vincent Senanayke (1898–1946), a planter and founding member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and its treasurer between 1935 and 1939.[4]
Senanayake was elected in 1947 at the 1st Ceylonese parliamentary elections, as the member for Kiriella, representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Party.[5] She polled 5,535 votes (35.5% of the total vote) winning against a field of five other male candidates, with her nearest opponent, T. K. W. Chandrasekera, receiving 3,294 votes (21.1% of the total vote). Senanayake failed to retain the seat at the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, where she received 3,192 votes (15% of the total votes), with the successful candidate, A. E. B. Kiriella, polling 9,978 votes (48% of the total vote).[6]
She and her husband had six children, including the Laki Senanayake who became an artist.[7]
References
- ^ "Hon. Senanayake, Daisy Maria Florence (Mrs.), M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "First parliamentary elections". Sunday Times. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Wijesekera, Chitra (1995). Women in Our Legislature. Sarvodaya Vishva Lekha. pp. 48–50. ISBN 9789559579700.
- ^ Ervin, Charles Wesley. "Glossary of People". Encyclopedia of Marxism. Marxists Internet Archive. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Raheem, Ismeth. "Laki as I knew him". Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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- Speaker: Alexander Francis Molamure/Albert Peries
- Prime Minister: D. S. Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake
- Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
- S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
- Somaweera Chandrasiri
- R. A. de Mel
- Colvin R. de Silva
- George R. de Silva
- A. Ekanayake Gunasinha
- Cholomondeley Goonewardene
- Philip Gunawardena
- Robert Gunawardena
- T. B. Jayah
- A. P. Jayasuriya
- D. P. Jayasuriya
- J. R. Jayewardene
- D. D. Karunaratne
- Pieter Keuneman
- Wilmot A. Perera
- Henry Peiris
- D. S. Senanayake
- S. A. Silva
- H. de Z. Siriwardena
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