S. U. Ethirmanasingham

Honourable S. U. Ethirmanasingham MP
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Paddiruppu
In office 20 September 1947 – 30 May 1952
Succeeded by	S. M. Rasamanickam
In office 10 April 1956 – 19 March 1960
Preceded by	S. M. Rasamanickam
Succeeded by	S. M. Rasamanickam
Personal details
Born	25 July 1915
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

Somasunderam Udayar Ethirmanasingham was a Ceylon Tamil businessman, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Ethirmanasingham was born on 25 July 1915.^[1] He was from Paddiruppu in eastern Ceylon.^[2] He was educated at St. Mary's College and Lee High School, Kalmunai.^[2]

Career

Ethirmanasingham had several jobs before becoming a successful businessman.^[2]

Ethirmanasingham stood as an independent candidate in Paddiruppu at the 1947 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[3] He stood as the United National Party's candidate at the 1952 parliamentary election but was defeated by S. M. Rasamanickam.^[4] He re-gained the seat at the 1956 parliamentary election, contesting as an independent.^[5] However, he lost the seat again to Rasamanickam at the March 1960 parliamentary election.^[6] He was also unsuccessful at the July 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections.^[7][8]

References

1. "Ethirmanasingham, Somasunderam Udayar". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 53.
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.