E. W. Mathew

Hon.
Edley Winston Mathew
MBE
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Balangoda
In office
1947–1956
Preceded byseat created
Succeeded byV. T. G. Karunaratne
Personal details
Born(1909-01-27)27 January 1909
Died23 December 1978(1978-12-23) (aged 69)[1]
Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
ProfessionProctor

Edley Winston Mathew, MBE (27 January 1907 – 23 December 1978) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.[2][3]

Mathew, a proctor and notary by profession,[4] was elected to parliament at the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, representing the United National Party (UNP), as the second member for the Balangoda electorate. The first member, Alexander Francis Molamure, also representing the UNP received 23,076 votes (37.4% of the total vote) and Mathew 13,767 votes (22.3% of the total vote).[5][6] The Balangoda electoral district was one of five multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Ambalangoda-Balapitiya, Badulla, Colombo Central and Kadugannawa.[6][7]

Mathew retained his seat at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, where he secured 20,710 votes (27% of the total vote).[8] In May 1952 he was invested as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Order) in the Queen's Birthday Honours.[9]

He was unsuccessful at the 3rd parliamentary elections, where he only received 15,759 votes (12% of the total vote) and was defeated by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, V. T. G. Karunaratne, who polled 36,591 votes and M. P. Jothipala, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate with 20,032 votes.[10]

References

  1. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  2. ^ "Hon. Mathew, Edley Winston, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ Peebles, Patrick (2015). Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 97. ISBN 9781442255852.
  4. ^ "T H E C E Y L O N G O V E R N M E N T G A Z E T T E" (PDF). natlib.lk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 October 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b "University of Ceylon Review". 6–8. University of Ceylon. 1948: 193. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Gaveshaka (19 August 2007). "First parliamentary elections". Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 October 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "No. 39558". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1952. pp. 3053–3054.
  10. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.[permanent dead link‍]


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