was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.
[1] He was the older brother of Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe, the leader of the Communist Party of Ceylon.
[5] He didn't contest the subsequent 1952 parliamentary elections, allowing his brother's wife, Doreen Young, to run as the Communist Party's candidate.
In 1997 his son, Danyananda, was elected as the United National Party candidate for the Akuressa electorate.
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