Clodagh Jayasuriya, MBE, (née Jayewardene) was a Ceylonese politician and the first female to be elected to the Senate of Ceylon.
[1] In 1945 she married Bernard Jayasuriya, a member of the State Council of Ceylon between February 1943 and 1947,[2] who contested the seat of Avissawella at the 1st parliamentary election held in late 1947.
[3] Following Bernard's death, Coldagh entered local politics becoming the chair of the Hanwella Peruwa Village Council.
[2][4] At the 2nd parliamentary election in 1952, she ran in the Avissawella electorate as the United National Party candidate, where she narrowly lost to Gunawardena's wife, Kusumasiri by 929 votes.
[7] Jayasuriya ran again in the subsequent 1956 parliamentary elections for Avisssawella, where she lost to Philip Gunawardena by 22,252 votes.