| 词条 | Henry Abeywickrema |
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Henry Abeywickrema was born in 1905 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College and St. Aloysious' College in Galle. Following the death of his older brother, Simon on 2 May 1948, Abeywickrema contested the July by-election for his brother's seat of Baddegama. He was however soundly beaten by over 6,500 votes by the United National Party candidate, H. W. Amarasuriya.[2] In 1951 he joined the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He re-contested the Baddegama electorate at the 2nd parliamentary election in May 1952, successfully defeating the sitting member, H. W. Amarasuriya, by 7,752 votes.[3] Abeywickrema retained his seat at the 1956 parliamentary elections, increasing his majority to 56%.[4] Following which he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet[5][6][7] and Minister for Works in the Dahanayake cabinet. He did not contest the 1960 parliamentary elections. Reference1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2027|title=Hon. Abeywickrema, Henry, M.P.|work=Directory of Past Members|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|accessdate=7 July 2017}} {{Members of 2nd Parliament of Ceylon}}{{Members of 3rd Parliament of Ceylon}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Abeywickrema, Henry}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1947.pdf |title=Results of By-Elections subsequent to Parliamentary General Election 1947 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=7 July 2017 }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=7 July 2017 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka | accessdate=7 July 2017}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1956|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=10–11|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11883/11883.pdf}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1957|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=10–11|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11884/11884.pdf}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1959|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=9–10|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11885/11885.pdf}} 7 : 1905 births|Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon|Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon|Parliamentary secretaries of Ceylon|Government ministers of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians|1976 deaths |
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