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Piyasena Tennakoon
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'''Piyasena Tennakoon''' (born 3 June 1917) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Tennakoon contested the parliamentary by-election for the seat of [[Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989)|Kandy]], held on 23 October 1954, representing the [[United National Party]]. He was unsuccessful losing to the former [[List of Mayors of Kandy|Mayor of Kandy]], [[Fredrick de Silva]], by 399 <ref></ref> He ran again at the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]], held in April 1956, this time as the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] candidate. He polled 11,005 votes (53% of the total vote), 1,239 votes ahead of the the United National Party candidate, [[E. L. Senanayake|Edward Lionel Senanayake]] and was duly elected.<ref></ref>
On 20 April 1956 Tennakoon was elected as the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka#Deputies|Deputy Speaker of Parliament]], a position he retained until 16 September 1958, when he was replaced by the member for [[Gampola Electoral District|Gampola]], [[R. S. Pelpola|Richard Stanley Pelpola]].<ref></ref>
He contested the newly created seat of [[Senkadagala Electoral District|Senkadagala]] at the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960, where he lost to [[Noel Wimalasena]], of the United National Party by 1,157 votes.<ref></ref> He re-contested the seat at the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]], for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, losing again to Wimalasena, this time by 3,370 votes.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
At the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]], held on 27 May 1970, he ran for the seat of [[Hewaheta Electoral District|Hewaheta]], as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate. He won the seat by 2,617 votes, defeating the sitting member, [[M. A. Daniel|Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel]], from the United National Party.<ref></ref> He was unable to retain the seat at the subsequent [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]], held on 21 July 1977, losing to Daniel by 6,750 votes.<ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon]]
[[Category:Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon]]
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
'''Piyasena Tennakoon''' (born 3 June 1917) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Tennakoon contested the parliamentary by-election for the seat of [[Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989)|Kandy]], held on 23 October 1954, representing the [[United National Party]]. He was unsuccessful losing to the former [[List of Mayors of Kandy|Mayor of Kandy]], [[Fredrick de Silva]], by 399 <ref></ref> He ran again at the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]], held in April 1956, this time as the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] candidate. He polled 11,005 votes (53% of the total vote), 1,239 votes ahead of the the United National Party candidate, [[E. L. Senanayake|Edward Lionel Senanayake]] and was duly elected.<ref></ref>
On 20 April 1956 Tennakoon was elected as the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka#Deputies|Deputy Speaker of Parliament]], a position he retained until 16 September 1958, when he was replaced by the member for [[Gampola Electoral District|Gampola]], [[R. S. Pelpola|Richard Stanley Pelpola]].<ref></ref>
He contested the newly created seat of [[Senkadagala Electoral District|Senkadagala]] at the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960, where he lost to [[Noel Wimalasena]], of the United National Party by 1,157 votes.<ref></ref> He re-contested the seat at the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]], for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, losing again to Wimalasena, this time by 3,370 votes.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
At the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]], held on 27 May 1970, he ran for the seat of [[Hewaheta Electoral District|Hewaheta]], as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate. He won the seat by 2,617 votes, defeating the sitting member, [[M. A. Daniel|Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel]], from the United National Party.<ref></ref> He was unable to retain the seat at the subsequent [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]], held on 21 July 1977, losing to Daniel by 6,750 votes.<ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon]]
[[Category:Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon]]
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