Weerasinghe de Silva | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament | |
| Member of Parliament forBalapitiya | |
| In office 1970–1977 | |
| Preceded by | L. C. de Silva |
| Succeeded by | Norman Waidyaratna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pettagan Dedreck Weerasingha de Silva 21 January 1935[1] |
| Died | November 2006 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
| Alma mater | Siddharta Maha Vidyalaya, Balapitiya Nalanda College Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Pettagan Dedreck Weerasingha de Silva (21 January 1935 – November 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician and a formerMP who represented the seat ofBalapitiya.
De Silva was the nephew of Dr.Colvin R. de Silva, his younger brother wasAsoka Weerasinghe de Silva and his brother-in-law wasSarath Muthetuwegama.[2]
He was educated at Siddharta Maha VidyalayaBalapitiya[2] for primary education and then received secondary education fromNalanda College Colombo before entering the Law College, where he passed out as a Senior Counselor.[3]
At the1970 general parliamentary elections he successfully contested the seat ofBalapitiya, as part of theUnited Front, winning by over 8,000 votes.[4] At the next parliamentary elections in 1977 he was defeated by almost 9,000 votes by theUnited National Party's candidate,Norman Waidyaratna.[5]
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