Hon.
Weerasumana Weerasinghe
MP
වීරසුමන වීරසිංහ
வீரசுமன வீரசிங்க
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyMatara District
Member of the Southern Provincial Council
In office
2004–2019
ConstituencyMatara District
Personal details
Born (1975-11-17) 17 November 1975 (age 48)
Political partyCommunist Party of Sri Lanka
Other political
affiliations		Freedom People's Alliance (2023-present)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (before 2023)

Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe (born 17 November 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Weerasinghe was born on 17 November 1975.[1] He was educated at St. Thomas' College, Matara.[2] He is a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.[3][4]

Weerasinghe was a member of Kotagala Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in September 2017 for voting against the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.[5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Monaragala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Weerasumana Weerasinghe
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2004 provincial[10] Matara District Communist Party of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance 22,095 Elected
2009 provincial[11] Matara District Communist Party of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance 31,495 Elected
2014 provincial[12] Matara District Communist Party of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance 29,326 Elected
2020 parliamentary[8] Matara District Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 77,968 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Weerasumana Weerasinghe appointed Southern Province Minister". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ "All four CP candidates successful". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009.
  5. ^ Sanjeewa, Darshana (13 September 2017). "Southern Provincial Minister Weerasinghe removed from post". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ^ Liyanage, Mahinda P. (14 September 2017). "SP minister Weerasumana thrown out". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Nipuna Ranawaka tops in Matara". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  9. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Preferences Matara" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  12. ^ "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.


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