D. F. Hettiarachchi
id:
d-f-hettiarachchi-317-1533452
title:
D. F. Hettiarachchi
text:
Don Frank Hettiarachchi was a Ceylonese politician. Hettiarachchi was first elected to parliament, as the member for the Nivitigala electorate, at the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He received 5,626 votes, narrowly defeating the United National Party (UNP) candidate, Jayaweera Kuruppu, by 24 votes. This was a significant upset as Kuruppu was a former member of the State Council of Ceylon and a princ
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ceylonese politician (1919–1970)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._F._Hettiarachchi
date created:
date modified:
2021-09-16T09:54:03Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q41804603","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41804603"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14