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Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha (1 May 1891 – 1
August 1967) was a Sri
Lankan trade unionist and politician. A
pioneering trade union leader,
known as the...
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smoking and gambling.
Premadasa too was a teetotaler.
Allying with A. E.
Goonesinghe, the
founder leader of the
Ceylon Labour movement,
Premadasa started...
- Amarasuriya, Dr. W. A. de Silva,
Baron Jayatilaka,
Edwin Wijeyeratne, A. E.
Goonesinghe, John Silva,
Piyadasa Sirisena and others. Sir
James Peiris initiated...
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Archived from the
original (PDF) on 2018-07-14.
Retrieved 2017-06-26.
Goonesinghe,
Satish (28
January 2001). "Something to rail about".
Sunday Times. Retrieved...
- post-graduate
qualifications in medicine. In 1942
following the
dismal of A. E.
Goonesinghe from the
State Council of
Ceylon the All
Ceylon Muslim League nominated...
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Gunawardena United National Party 29
November 1947 – May 1948 1st A. E.
Goonesinghe Ceylon Labour Party 17 May 1948 –
April 1952 1st C. W. W. Kannangara...
- 1937
December 1937 V. R. S.
Schokman January 1938
December 1939 A. E.
Goonesinghe January 1940
December 1940
Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu January 1941 December...
- 1952–1956
Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake John
Kotelawala Preceded by A. E.
Goonesinghe Succeeded by W. J. C.
Moonesinghe President of
Ceylon National Congress...
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Schockman In
office January 1941 –
December 1942
Preceded by A. E.
Goonesinghe Succeeded by
George R. de
Silvs Member of
Colombo Muni****l
Council In...
- for
Colombo Central electorate defeating the
labour party leader A.E.
Goonesinghe and
retained his seat in the 1956, 1960 and 1970 elections. He was very...