Ediriweera Weerawardhana

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Hon. Ediriweera Weerawardhana MP
එදිරිවීර වීරවර්ධන

Member of Parliament for Kandy District
In office 1994–2005
Deputy Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing Development
In office 2000–2005

Personal details
Born	(1951-04-30) 30 April 1951 (age 73) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Children	Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana
Profession	Politician

Ediriweera Weerawardhana (Sinhala: එදිරිවීර වීරවර්ධන), is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.^[1] He served as a Deputy Minister in the Central Government for some time, later withdrew from national politics and entered provincial council politics.^[2]

Political career

In 2000, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing Development under Kumaratunga cabinet.^[3] In 2014, he assumed the duties as the Central Provincial Minister of Road Development, Transport, Power, Energy, Housing and Construction.^[2] In June 2016, Weerawardhana was appointed as the acting Chief Minister in Central Province.^[4] In 2019, he was appointed as the New seat organizer for Harispattuwa seat in Kandy district.^[5] In 2021 under the presidency of Maithripala Sirisena, he was appointed as one of the 10 Vice Presidents of The Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) Executive Committee.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Electoral history of Ediriweera Weerawardhana
Election	Constituency			Votes	Result
1994 parliamentary	Kandy District	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	People's Alliance	53,192	Elected
2000 parliamentary	Kandy District	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	People's Alliance	35,388	Elected
2004 provincial	Kandy District	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	United People's Freedom Alliance	27,047	Elected
2009 provincial	Kandy District	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	United People's Freedom Alliance	46,903	Elected
2013 provincial	Kandy District	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	United People's Freedom Alliance	44,206	Elected

References

^ "Directory of Members: Hon. Weerawardhana, Ediriweera, M.P." Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "People do not care if the leaders of the opposition change". archives.dinamina.lk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "CBK springs surprise, appoints 35 deputy ministers". The Island. 6 November 2000.
^ "Ediriweera Weerawardena assumes duties as Acting CM". Retrieved 24 May 2022 – via PressReader.
^ "New electoral organizers appointed for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party". dinamina. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "SLFP new office bearers appointed, Sirisena heads party". Times Online. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "New SLFP electoral organizers appointed". Daily News. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "Sri Lanka : President appoints new electoral organizers for SLFP". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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Central Province

Kandy	Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Gamini Dissanayake Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Wilson Kuruppuarachchi Anuruddha Ratwatte Irajarathnan Sivasamy Ediriweera Weerawardhana
Matale	Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Monty Gopallawa Vidana Gamage Jinadasa Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
Nuwara Eliya	Tissa Abhayagunasekara P. Chandrasekaran S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath C. B. Ratnayake Suppaiah Sathasivam Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province

Ampara	M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa P. Dayaratna Chandradasa Galappaththi U. L. M. Mohideen H.M. Weerasinghe
Batticaloa	M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham P. Selvarasa K. Thurairajasingam
Trincomalee	M. E. H. Maharoof M. N. Abdul Majeed Sunil Ranaweera A. Thangathurai

Northern Province

Jaffna	Atputharajah Nadarajah Murugesu Chandrakumar Rajendran Ramamoorthy Unfinished
Vanni	S. S. M. Abu Bakar V. Balachandran Rasamanohari Pulendran S. Shanmuganathan D. Siddarthan Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province

Anuradhapura	Somapala Adikari Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake P. B. Dissanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Shantha Premarathna A. H. B. Semasinghe
Polonnaruwa	Nandasena Herath T. B. Mahalekam H. G. P. Nelson Rukman Senanayake Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province

Kurunegala	A.H.M Alavi D. M. Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Jayadeva Chandrawansha Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake H.M.A. Loku Bandara S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Munidasa Premachandra Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Jayasena Rajakaruna Piyasoma Upali D.P. Wickramasinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Puttalam	D. M. Dassanayake Joseph Fernando Milroy Fernando Harold Herath Festus Perera S. D. R. Jayaratne Asoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle	Jagath Balasooriya Y. L. M. Farook Maheepala Herath P. B. G. Kalugalla K. Vincent Perera H. R. J. Podinilame Athauda Seneviratne R.A.D. Sirisena Mano Wijeyeratne
Ratnapura	Gamini Atukorale Nalanda Ellawala U. L. Heenmahaththaya K. D. Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera John Seneviratne H. M. U. Silva Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province

Galle	Vajira Abeywardena M. U. S. D. Amarasiri Asoka Weerasinghe de Silva Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Sarath Gunawardena Nandadasa Gunasinghe H. G. N. P. Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Richard Pathirana
Hambantota	Mahinda Amaraweera Ananda Kularatne Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Mervyn Silva J. P. V. Vipulaguna Nihal Galappaththi
Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Ronnie de Mel Chandrasiri Gajadeera E. A. Samarasinghe Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara H. R. Wimalasiri

Uva Province

Badulla	W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Hema Ratnayake R.M. Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Sennan Veera Samaraweera Weerawanni
Monaragala	Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha Jayasena A. M. Jayawardana Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province

Colombo	Ossie Abeygunasekera P. P. Devaraj Srimani Athulathmudali Nawalage Bennet Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie C. V. Gunaratne Indika Gunawardena Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi R. Yogarajan M. H. Mohamed Susil Moonesinghe Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Gunasekara Premaratne Amal Senalankadikara Bernard Soysa Kingsley Wickramaratne Ranil Wickremesinghe
Gampaha	John Amaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Upali Gunaratne Lionel Gunawardena Anura Hapangama Lakshman Jayakody Wijayapala Mendis Jinadasa Nandasena Athula Nimalasiri Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Reginold Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Suranimala Rajapaksha Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe A. V. Suraweera
Kalutara	Sumithra Priyanganie Abeyweera Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Reginald Cooray Thilak Karunarathna Anil Moonesinghe Ediriweera Premarathna Sarath Ranawaka Mahinda Samarasinghe Kumara Welgama Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)

v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kandy
Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Kandy Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1989)	George E. de Silva Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne Tamara Ilangaratne Edward Senanayake E. Hendrick de Silva Piyasena Tennakoon Edward Senanayake
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Dingiri Banda Wijetunga D. M. Jayaratne Anura Daniel Mahavithanaarachchige (Until 1989) Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Tissa Attanayake Premachandra Wijesiri Mahinda Abeykoon Yasaratne Tennakoon Lakshman Kiriella (1994 – 2000): Gamini Dissanayake (Until 1994) D. M. Jayaratne Anuruddha Ratwatte Lucky Jayawardena A. R. M. Abdul Cader Wilson Kuruppuarachchi Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Tissa Attanayake Lakshman Kiriella Sarath Amunugama Ediriweera Weerawardhana Irajarathnan Sivasamy (2000 – 2001): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte D. M. Jayaratne Tissa Attanayake Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama A. R. M. Abdul Cader Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Lucky Jayawardena Ediriweera Weerawardhana Rauff Hakeem (2001 – 2004): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte Tissa Attanayake Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella Srimathi Manthilake Thilina Bandara Tennakoon Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lucky Jayawardena Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon (2004 – 2010): Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Keheliya Rambukwella Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lakshman Kiriella Y. M. Nawaratna Banda Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero (2010 – 2015): Mahindananda Aluthgamage Keheliya Rambukwella S. B. Dissanayake Lohan Ratwatte A. R. M. Abdul Cader Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Dilum Amunugama Faiszer Musthapha Sarath Amunugama (2015 – Present): Lakshman Kiriella Lohan Ratwatte Mahindananda Aluthgamage Mayantha Dissanayake Dilum Amunugama Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Anuradha Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Keheliya Rambukwella M. Velu Kumar Ananda Aluthgamage

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