Wilfred Martin Rajapakse

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Wilfred Martin Rajapakse (1864 – ????) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon from 1921 to 1924.

Born in Colombo to Mudaliar John de Silva Rajapakse, he was educated at Royal College, Colombo and apprenticed under Frederick Dornhorst, becoming Proctor of the District Court in 1890 and of the Supreme Court in 1894 and a Notary Public. He had his practice in Negombo, where he owned several coconut estates in the districts of Negombo and Chilaw. On various occasions he had as acted as the District Judge, Commissioner of Requests and the Police Magistrate of Negombo. He married Catherine, daughter of B. Mendis of Colombo and the family lived at The Retreat, Negombo.^[1] He was elected member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the Western Province (Division A) in the 1921 legislative council election.^[2]

References

^ Wright, Arnold. Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. p. 696.
^ Ceylon Blue Book. Registrar-General's Dept Ceylon. 1923. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

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Members of the 1921 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1921–1924) →

President: William Manning (1921–25)
Vice President: (1921–1924)

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Clifford Coffin
Colonial Secretary	Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh
Attorney General	Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest Garvin
Controller of Revenue	Benjamin Horsbourgh Edward Bruce Alexander
Colonial Treasurer	Bernard Senior Wilfred Wentworth Woods

Nominated Members (13)

Official Members (9)

Unofficial Members (4)

Muhammadan (1)	N. H. M. Abdul Cader
Kandyan (2)	J. H. Meedeniya Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II
Indian (1)	E. G. Adamaly

Elected Members (17)

Territorial (11)

Western Province (Division A) (1)	Wilfred Martin Rajapakse
Western Province (Division B) (1)	E. W. Perera
Town of Colombo (1)	James Peiris
Central Province (1)	Gerard Wijeyekoon
Northern Province (1)	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Southern Province (1)	O. C. Tillekeratne
Eastern Province (1)	E. R. Tambimuttu
North Western Province (1)	Charles Edgar Corea
North Central Province (1)	Don Simon Dias Krisnaratne
Province of Uva (1)	Henry Kotelawala
Province of Sabaragamuwa (1)	W. E. Boteju

Communal (6)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	Allan Drieberg Unfinished
Low-country Products Association (1)	Henry De Mel
Unknown	Ponnambalam Ramanathan James Thomson Broom Mohamed Macan Markar Arthur Alvis Marcus Fernando James Graeme Sinclair Robert Spencer Philpott Thomas Howard Chapman Edward Bruce Alexander Robert Niemann Thaine

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