Charles Hubert Zaleski Fernando (18 November 1892 - 5 July 1973) was a Ceylonese lawyer and colonial era politician.

[1] There, he was drawn to the activities of the Sinn Féin and had met Lenin at party meetings.

[1][3] Having graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1913, with a BA and a LLB, on his return to Ceylon, Fernando became an Advocate.

[9][10] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1924 from Chilaw as the member for the Western division of the North-western province defeating Charles Edgar Corea.

[12] Fernando was a strong campaigner for universal suffrage including for the plantation Tamils, which was introduced by the Donoughmore Constitution in 1931.