Gerard Wijeyekoon

Sir Gerard Wijeyekoon (5 May 1878 – 21 September 1952) was a Ceylonese lawyer and a politician. He was the first President of the Senate of Ceylon.

Born Abraham Charles Gerard Wijeyekoon, he was educated at Wesley College, Colombo and Royal College, Colombo he became an advocate of the Supreme Court in 1902. He served as a Crown Counsel, Magistrate and District Judge and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1921 from the Central Province.^[1] He was knighted as a Knights bachelor in the 1941 New Year Honours list, for public services in Ceylon.^[2]

His sons were both Oxford educated lawyers. The eldest Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon was the second Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army and the youngest Neville Wijeyekoon was the founding Chairman of the Ceylon Ceramic Corporation.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Susan de Silva: Feminist Rebel and Pioneer Leftist". Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^ United Kingdom and British Empire: "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. pp. 1–33.
^ Soldier, lawyer and diplomat Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Daily News, Retrieved on 21 July 2011.
^ Tribute to Neville Wijeyekoon on his death anniversary

v t e Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon
Gerard Wijeyekoon Nicholas Attygalle Cyril de Zoysa Chandradasa Wijesinghe Thomas Amarasuriya Abeyratne Ratnayaka

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Members of the 1921 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1921–1924) →

President: William Manning (1921–25)
Vice President: (1921–1924)

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Clifford Coffin
Colonial Secretary	Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh
Attorney General	Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest Garvin
Controller of Revenue	Benjamin Horsbourgh Edward Bruce Alexander
Colonial Treasurer	Bernard Senior Wilfred Wentworth Woods

Nominated Members (13)

Official Members (9)

Unofficial Members (4)

Muhammadan (1)	N. H. M. Abdul Cader
Kandyan (2)	J. H. Meedeniya Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II
Indian (1)	E. G. Adamaly

Elected Members (17)

Territorial (11)

Western Province (Division A) (1)	Wilfred Martin Rajapakse
Western Province (Division B) (1)	E. W. Perera
Town of Colombo (1)	James Peiris
Central Province (1)	Gerard Wijeyekoon
Northern Province (1)	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Southern Province (1)	O. C. Tillekeratne
Eastern Province (1)	E. R. Tambimuttu
North Western Province (1)	Charles Edgar Corea
North Central Province (1)	Don Simon Dias Krisnaratne
Province of Uva (1)	Henry Kotelawala
Province of Sabaragamuwa (1)	W. E. Boteju

Communal (6)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	Allan Drieberg Unfinished
Low-country Products Association (1)	Henry De Mel
Unknown	Ponnambalam Ramanathan James Thomson Broom Mohamed Macan Markar Arthur Alvis Marcus Fernando James Graeme Sinclair Robert Spencer Philpott Thomas Howard Chapman Edward Bruce Alexander Robert Niemann Thaine

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Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1924–1931) →

President: Hugh Clifford (1924–27); Murchison Fletcher (1927–28); Herbert Stanley (1928–31); Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1931); Graeme Thomson (1931)
Vice President: James Peiris (1924–1930); Don Baron Jayatilaka (1930–31)

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Harold Higginson
Colonial Secretary	Cecil Clementi Murchison Fletcher Edward Bruce Alexander
Attorney General	Lancelot Elphinstone
Controller of Revenue	Edward Bruce Alexander Walter Ernest Wait
Colonial Treasurer	Wilfrid Wentworth Woods

Nominated Members (10)

Official Members (7)	Frank Arthur Stockdale Lachlan Macrae John Strachan James Frederick Edmund Bridger Francis Graeme Tyrrell Thomas Reid Maas Thajoon Akbar
Unofficial Members (3)	Hermann Albert Loos Gerard Wijeyekoon Kadiravalepillai Balasingham

Elected Members (34)

Territorial (24)

Colombo Town (North) (1)	Victor Corea
Colombo Town (South) (1)	James Peiris
Colombo District (1)	Don Baron Jayatilaka
Negombo District (1)	D. S. Senanayake
Kalutara Revenue District (1)	E. W. Perera
Western Province (Ceylon Tamil) (1)	Arunachalam Mahadeva
Central Province (Urban) (1)	Gerard Wijeyekoon
Central Province (Rural) (1)	George E. de Silva
Northern Province (Northern) (1)	Ponnambalam Ramanathan
Northern Province (Southern) (1)	A. Canagaratnam
Northern Province (Eastern) (1)	T. M. Sabaratnam (from 19 Feb. 1925)
Northern Province (Western) (1)	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Northern Province (Central) (1)	Suppiramaniam Rajaratnam
Southern Province (Eastern) (1)	V. S. de S. Wikramanayake
Southern Province (Central) (1)	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere
Southern Province (Western) (1)	C. W. W. Kannangara
Trincomalee Revenue District (1)	M. M. Subramaniam
Batticaloa Revenue District (1)	E. R. Tambimuttu
North Western Province (Western Division) (1)	C. H. Z. Fernando
North Western Province (Eastern Division) (1)	Godfrey Edward Madawala
North Central Province (1)	H. R. Freeman
Province of Uva (1)	Henry Kotelawala
Kegalla Revenue District (1)	Alexander Francis Molamure
Ratnapura Revenue District (1)	Arthur Hamilton Ekneligoda Molamure

Communal (10)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	George Alfred Henry Wille Nathaniel John Martin
Muhammadan (3)	Mohamed Macan Markar N. H. M. Abdul Cader T. B. Jayah
Indian (2)	I. X. Pereira S. R. Muhammad Sultan K. Natesa Iyer (from 11 Dec. 1925)
Unknown	Thomas Yates Wright Edwin James Hayward William Loring Kindersley Thomas Southorn (until 1925) George Thornton Alfred Henry Frank Clarke (from 26 Nov. 1924) W. A. de Silva (from 19 Feb. 1925) Punchi Banda Rambukwelle (from 19 Feb. 1925) Thomas Lister Villiers (from 19 Nov. 1925) Neill Graeme Campbell (from Mar. 1926)

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