Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde , MBE , JP (10 July 1890 - 1956), commonly known as T. B. Poholiyadde Dissawa , was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and politician.[1]
Poholiyadde was educated at Trinity College, Kandy .[2]
In 1947 Poholiyadde was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon at the 1st parliamentary election , in the Horowpothana electorate , representing the United National Party . He secured 44% of the total vote, defeating the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate, P. M. K. Tennakoon, by 2,179 votes.[3]
He was re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, winning by 1,510 votes over Tennakoon, receiving 4,766 votes (48% of the total vote).[4]
He was awarded the honorary title of Dissawa , appointed Justice of the Peace and in the 1953 New Year Honours Poholiyadde was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Civil Division.[5]
Poholiyadde died in 1956, at the age of 66, following the dissolution of parliament and before nominations were called. He was successfully replaced by E. L. B. Hurulle .[6]
References
^ "Hon. Poholiyadde Dissawa, Tikiri Banda, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka .
^ Centenary Number, Trinity College, Kandy, 1872-1972 , Appendix II - Old Boys, published by Trinity College Press, Kandy, March 1972
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017 .
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017 .
^ Ceylon list: "No. 39736" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. pp. 47–48.
^ Pieris, Roshan (1 September 1996). "A politician of a bygone era" . Sunday Times .