Weerasumana Weerasinghe

Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe (born 17 November 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.^[1]

Hon. Weerasumana Weerasinghe
වීරසුමන වීරසිංහ வீரசுமன வீரசிங்க
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Constituency	Matara District
Member of the Southern Provincial Council
In office 2004–2019
Constituency	Matara District
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-17) 17 November 1975 (age 49)
Political party	Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Other political affiliations	Sarvajana Balaya (Present) Freedom People's Alliance (2023 - 2024) Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2023)

Weerasinghe was born on 17 November 1975.^[1] He was educated at St. Thomas' College, Matara.^[2] He is a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.^[3][4]

Weerasinghe was a member of Kotagala Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.^[2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in September 2017 for voting against the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.^[5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Monaragala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Weerasumana Weerasinghe

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		Votes	Result
2004 provincial[10]	Matara District		Communist Party of Sri Lanka		United People's Freedom Alliance	22,095	Elected
2009 provincial[11]	Matara District		Communist Party of Sri Lanka		United People's Freedom Alliance	31,495	Elected
2014 provincial[12]	Matara District		Communist Party of Sri Lanka		United People's Freedom Alliance	29,326	Elected
2020 parliamentary[8]	Matara District		Communist Party of Sri Lanka		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	77,968	Elected

References

1. "Directory of Members: Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
2. "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
3. "Weerasumana Weerasinghe appointed Southern Province Minister". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
4. "All four CP candidates successful". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009.
5. Sanjeewa, Darshana (13 September 2017). "Southern Provincial Minister Weerasinghe removed from post". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
6. Liyanage, Mahinda P. (14 September 2017). "SP minister Weerasumana thrown out". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
7. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
8. "Nipuna Ranawaka tops in Matara". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
9. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
10. "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
11. "Preferences Matara" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
12. "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.