List of senators of Ceylon

This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon.

Presidents of the Senate

 * Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 - )
 * Nicholas Attygalle (1952 - 1955)
 * Cyril de Zoysa (1955 - 1961)
 * Sarath Wijesinghe (1962 - 1965)
 * Thomas Amarasuriya (1963–65)
 * Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965 - 1971)

Deputy presidents of the Senate

 * Peri Sundaram (1947 - )
 * Frank Gunasekera (1948 - 1951)
 * Cyril de Zoysa (1951 - 1955)
 * Adeline Molamure (1955 - )
 * B. H. Dunuwille
 * S. D. S. Somaratne

Leaders of the Senate

 * Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947-1951)
 * Oliver Goonetilleke (1951-1954)

Senators

 * N. M. Appuhamy, elected UNP
 * Kurbanhusen Adamaly (1949–61), appointed.
 * J. A. Amaratunga, appointed
 * Thomas Amarasuriya (1953–65), UNP/SLFP
 * Nicholas Attygalle (1952-), appointed
 * A. M. A. Azeez (1952–63), appointed, UNP/independent
 * Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–65), SLFP
 * I. A. Cader (1969-1970), appointed
 * Mohamed Shums Cassim (1953–54), elected
 * C. Coomaraswamy (1947-1950), appointed
 * Cissy Cooray (1947-1952), appointed - first woman appointed to the Senate
 * Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected
 * R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected
 * Evadne de Silva
 * Evelyn de Soysa (1958-1963),
 * M. W. H. de Silva
 * Cyril de Zoysa (1947-), elected
 * M. P. de Zoysa (1960-1971), appointed
 * Doric de Souza, LSSP
 * B. H. Dunuwille
 * Sam Peter Christopher Fernando
 * Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947-), appointed
 * Oliver Goonetilleke (1947-1948;1951-1954), appointed
 * Frank Gunasekera (1947-), appointed
 * A. R. M. Hameem (1963-1969), appointed
 * L. L. Hunter (1950-1953), appointed
 * Sir Herbert Eric Jansz (1947-1950), appointed
 * J. P. Jayasena
 * Ukwatte Jayasundera
 * A. P. Jayasuriya
 * Clodagh Jayasuriya, UNP, elected (October 1953 – 1956)
 * N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957-)
 * Valentine S. Jayawickrema
 * Stanley Kalpage
 * S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949–57), appointed, UNP/ACTC
 * E. W. Kannangara (1954-1959), elected SLFP
 * M. D. Kitchilan (1965-1971), appointed
 * John Kotelawala, UNP
 * Justin Kotelawala (1947-1954), elected, UNP
 * Dr R. B. Lenora
 * M. Manickam, ITAK
 * Mohamed Macan Markar (1947-1952), appointed
 * S. M. H. Mashoor (1965-1971), elected
 * Adeline Molamure (1947-), elected
 * S. Z. Mashoor Moulana (1967), elected
 * S. Nadarajah (1965–71), ACTC
 * S. Nadesan (1947–71)
 * S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai)
 * Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951–57), LSSP
 * E. M. V. Naganathan (1947-), elected, ACTC/ITAK
 * Jinadasa Niyathapala, appointed 1960-1964
 * James Peter Obeyesekere III
 * Bertram Ivor Palipane (1952–57), elected
 * Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954-)
 * M. V. P Peiris
 * D. W. J. Perera (1947-), elected


 * Reginald Perera (1959–71), MEP
 * D. M. Rajapaksa
 * Lalitha Rajapakse (1947-), appointed
 * A. B. Rajendra (1947-), appointed


 * Abeyratne Ratnayaka
 * Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected
 * Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected
 * Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik (1947-1952), elected
 * Philip Rodrigo
 * Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947-), appointed
 * H. de Z. Siriwardena (1952-), appointed
 * Seetha Seneviratne (1967-)
 * Robert Singleton-Salmon (1950-1951), appointed
 * Bennet Soysa (1947-), elected
 * Peri Sundaram (1947-), elected, CIC
 * John Tarbat (1947-), appointed
 * M. Tiruchelvam (1965–71), Federal Party
 * Heen Banda Udurawana
 * Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1952-1956), appointed
 * Donatius Victoria (1947-), appointed
 * A. F. Wijemanne
 * Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
 * Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947-), appointed
 * Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947-1951), appointed
 * E. B. Wikramanayake
 * G. P. Wickramarachchi (1947-1960), appointed
 * T. Y. Wright (1947-), appointed