Pettagan Dedreck Weerasingha de Silva (21 January 1935 – November 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician and a former MP who represented the seat of Balapitiya.

De Silva was the nephew of Dr. Colvin R. de Silva, his younger brother was Asoka Weerasinghe de Silva and his brother-in-law was Sarath Muthetuwegama.[2]

He was educated at Siddharta Maha Vidyalaya Balapitiya[2] for primary education and then received secondary education from Nalanda College Colombo before entering the Law College, where he passed out as a Senior Counselor.[3]

At the 1970 general parliamentary elections he successfully contested the seat of Balapitiya, as part of the United Front, winning by over 8,000 votes.[4] At the next parliamentary elections in 1977 he was defeated by almost 9,000 votes by the United National Party's candidate, Norman Waidyaratna.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hon. de Silva, Pettagan Dedreck Weerasingha, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Death of Weerasinghe de Silva". Daily News. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ Water Supply and Drainage Minister and Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weerasinghe_de_Silva
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