Hon.
K. Thurairetnasingam
MP
கே. துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
2015–2020
In office
2002–2004
Preceded byM. Sivasithamparam
Member of Parliament
for Trincomalee District
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born(1941-01-04)4 January 1941
Died17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 80)
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
OccupationCivil servant
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (Tamil: கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; 4 January 1941 – 17 May 2021) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.[1]

Career

Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education.[1]

Thurairetnasingam was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2001 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.[2] However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed a National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002.[2] He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[3] Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.[4]

Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.[5] However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[6][7]

Death

Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.[8]

Electoral history

Electoral history of K. Thurairetnasingam
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2001 parliamentary Trincomalee District TNA Not elected
2004 parliamentary[3] Trincomalee District TNA 34,773 Elected
2015 parliamentary[5] Trincomalee District TNA 14,779 Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: K. Thurairetnasingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b "New TNA national list MP from Muttur east". TamilNet. 23 June 2002.
  3. ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  4. ^ "ITAK submits candidates' list to contest Trincomalee district". TamilNet. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  6. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  7. ^ "TNA names its national List MPs". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Former MP K. Thurairethnasingham". Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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