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Muthu Sangaralingam Sellasamy (Tamil: முத்து சங்கரலிங்கம் செல்லச்சாமி; 13 November 1926 – 1 August 2020)[1] was a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician and former minister of state.

Early life

Sellasamy was born on 13 November 1926.[2][3]

Career

Sellasamy was district chairman of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) before being elected its general-secretary in 1963.[3] He was also president of the Estate Staff Congress, Ceylon Teachers' Congress and Lanka Agriculturists Association.[3]

Sellasamy was the CWC's candidate in Colombo Central at the 1977 parliamentary election but failed to get elected.[4] He was an executive member of the Colombo District Development Council from 1981 to 1988.[3] He contested the 1988 provincial council election and was elected to the Western Provincial Council.[3][5] He was appointed Minister of Health and Economic Infrastructure.[3]

Sellasamy was one of the CWC/UNP alliance's candidates in Colombo District at the 1989 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[6] He was appointed Minister of State for Transport on 18 February 1989.[7] He became Minister of State for Industries on 30 March 1990.[8]

Sellasamy was removed as general-secretary of the CWC in 1994 and subsequently formed the Ceylon National Workers' Congress (CNWC).[9] A long legal battle ensued between Sellasamy and CWC leader Savumiamoorthy Thondaman which prevented the CWC from using its "Cockerel" symbol to contest elections.[10] Following the death of Thondaman in 1999 Sellasamy tried unsuccessfully to gain the leadership of the CWC from Thondaman's grandson Arumugam Thondaman.[11]

Sellasamy was appointed as one of the CNWC/DWC/UCPF/UNP alliance's National List MP's in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2000 parliamentary election.[12]

Sellasamy rejoined the CWC in October 2001 as its deputy president.[13][14] He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected.[15][16] He was appointed as one of the UNF's National List MP's in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2004 parliamentary election.[17] He was appointed Deputy Minister of Posts in January 2007.[18][19]

Sellasamy was a member of the University of Colombo's senate and the National Agricultural Diversification and Settlement Authority (NADSA).[3]

Electoral history

Electoral history of M. S. Sellasamy
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1977 parliamentary[4] Colombo Central CWC 26,964 Not elected
1989 parliamentary[6] Colombo Central CWC 36,480 Elected
2001 parliamentary Colombo Central UNF Not elected

References

  1. ^ "M. S. Sellasamy passes away". Sunday Observer. Colombo. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Directory of Past Members: M.S. Sellasamy". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ^ "Members of the First Council". Western Provincial Council.
  6. ^ a b "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
  7. ^ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 211. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
  8. ^ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 215. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
  9. ^ "The path of divisions". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 9 July 2000.
  10. ^ Kandappah, A. (7 March 2004). "Of Thondaman and Thondaman". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  11. ^ Kamalendran, Chris (7 November 1999). "Sellasamy eyes CWC leadership". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  12. ^ "New Parliament to be opened tomorrow". Current Affairs. Government of Sri Lanka. 17 October 2000. Archived from the original on 11 January 2004.
  13. ^ Satyapalan, Franklin (22 October 2001). "CWC keeps option open". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  14. ^ "Sellasamy goes back to CWC". TamilNet. 19 October 2001.
  15. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 Notice Under Section 24(1) GENERAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016.
  16. ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  17. ^ "UNP nominates national list parliamentarians". TamilNet. 10 April 2004.
  18. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Nineteen new Deputy Ministers in cabinet re-shuffle". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.


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