Gate Mudaliyar Alexander Edmund de Silva Wijegooneratne Samaraweera Rajapakse OBE (13 March 1866 – 20 September 1937) was a Ceylonese colonial-era politician and headman.
[1] He was born on 13 March 1866 in Negombo, the eldest son of Mudliyar John de Silva Wijegooneratne Rajapakshe, a member of the Salagama caste and Magdalene Mendis née Abeysekara.
[2][3] The family owned and operated a number of cinnamon estates in the Negombo District.
[6] He was elected to the 1st State Council of Ceylon on 17 June 1931 for Negombo representing the Union Party.
[7][8] He was subsequently re-elected to the 2nd State Council in 1936, with a 9,000 vote majority,[9] where he served on the Executive Committee for Agriculture and Lands.