A. E. Silva Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
A. E. Silva
Constituency Mp:Vanni District
Parliament:Sri Lanka
Term Start1:1989
Term End1:1994
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Eelam People's Democratic Party

Anthony Emmanuel Silva (died 14 September 2002) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Silva contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to Parliament.[1] He later defected to the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party. He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as an EPDP candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected.[2] [3]

Silva was burnt to death at his house on 14 September 2002 under mysterious circumstances.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090304101343/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1989%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 2013-08-18 .
  2. ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160615091229/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Election/vanni/vanni1.pdf. 2016-06-15. dead.
  3. Web site: General Election 2001 Preferences . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015155/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2001GE.pdf . 2010-03-04 .
  4. News: Sabaratnam. T.. Mystery death of former Vanni MP. Asian Tribune. 16 September 2002. 18 August 2013. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063649/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2002/09/16/mystery-death-former-vanni-mp. dead.

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