Andrew Dissanayake

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'''Mudiyanselage Andrew Dissanayake''' (7 November 1910 - 23 March 1983) was a Ceylonese businessman, landholder and politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2197|title=Hon. Dissanayake, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Andrew, M.P.|work=Directory of Past Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=2 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972|publisher=National State Assembly|date=1972|page=43}}</ref>
'''Mudiyanselage Andrew Dissanayake''' (7 November 1910 {{ndash}} 23 March 1983) was a Ceylonese businessman, landowner and politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2197|title=Hon. Dissanayake, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Andrew, M.P.|work=Directory of Past Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|accessdate=2 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972|publisher=National State Assembly|date=1972|page=43}}</ref>


Dissanayake contested the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]], held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, in the [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (1947–1989)|Nuwara Eliya electorate]]. He ran as the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] candidate defeating the sitting [[United National Party]] member, [[P. P. Sumanatilaka]], by 1,673 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1956.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka | accessdate=2 September 2019}}</ref>
Dissanayake contested the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]], held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, in the [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (1947–1989)|Nuwara Eliya electorate]]. He ran as the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] candidate defeating the sitting [[United National Party]] member, [[P. P. Sumanatilaka]], by 1,673 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1956.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka | accessdate=2 September 2019}}</ref>
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