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The second election to theLegislative Council of Ceylon was held 20 January 1917.[1][2]
In 1833 the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission created the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first step in representative government inBritish Ceylon. Initially the Legislative Council consisted of 16 members: theBritish Governor, the five appointed members of theExecutive Council of Ceylon, four other government officials and six appointedunofficial members (threeEuropeans, oneSinhalese, oneTamil and oneBurgher).
In 1889 the number of appointed unofficial members was increased to eight (three Europeans, one Low Country Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, oneMuslim and one Burgher).[3]
The Legislative Council was reformed in 1910 by theMcCallum Reforms. Membership was increased to 21 of which 11 were officially appointed and 10 were unofficial (two elected Europeans, one elected Burgher, one elected educatedCeylonese, two appointed Low Country Sinhalese, two appointed Tamils, one appointed Kandyan Sinhalese and one appointed Muslim).[4] Less than 3,000 Ceylonese were eligible to vote for the four elected unofficial members.[4]
The following were the elected unofficial members :
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