[4] At the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, Peeris ran as the United National Party candidate in the Badulla electorate.
[5] In March 1954 Peeris was appointed as the inaugural president of the Uva Young Men's Buddhist Association.
As a result, Peeris switched to the newly created Passara electorate, again running as the United National Party candidate.
He was successful winning by a narrow margin of only 70 votes over the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, Amarananda Ratnayake.
At the July elections for the fifth Parliament which followed four months later, Peeris failed to retain the Passara seat, losing to Ratnayake by 602 votes.