Richard Gregory Samaranayake (12 November 1923 - 18 June 1992) was a Ceylonese planter and politician.
He contested the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, as the United National Party candidate in the newly created electorate of Bentara-Elpitiya.
[3] At the subsequent 5th parliamentary election, held on 20 July 1960, Samaranayake lost to Kariyawasam, who now represented the Sri Lanka Freedom Party by 5,987 votes.
A subsequent appeal by Samaranayake was dismissed on 1 August 1966 and the original decision was upheld.
[7] At the subsequent parliamentary by-election, held on 24 October 1966, his brother, Colin Wijesekera, ran in his place but was defeated by Kariyawasam by 1,677 votes.