Weerasumana Weerasinghe Explained

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

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]}

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Constituency	scope=col colspan="2"	Party	scope=col colspan="2"	Alliance	scope=col	Votes	scope=col	Result
2004 provincial[10]							Elected
2009 provincial[11]							Elected
2014 provincial[12]							Elected
							Elected

Notes and References

1. Web site: Directory of Members: Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe . . 17 August 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
2. News: Get to know your new parliamentarians . 17 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
3. News: Weerasumana Weerasinghe appointed Southern Province Minister . 17 August 2020 . . 5 April 2014 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. News: All four CP candidates successful . . 12 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018015755/https://island.lk/2009/10/12/news5.html . 18 October 2009 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
5. News: Sanjeewa . Darshana . Southern Provincial Minister Weerasinghe removed from post . 17 August 2020 . . 13 September 2017 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. News: Liyanage . Mahinda P. . SP minister Weerasumana thrown out . 17 August 2020 . . 14 September 2017 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
7. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 4A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. News: Nipuna Ranawaka tops in Matara . 17 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
9. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 17 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
10. Web site: Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209230712/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf . 9 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 116.
11. Web site: Preferences Matara . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091210033020/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/SPMatara2009.pdf . 10 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.
12. News: Full list of preferential votes . . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331191352/http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/45236-full-list-of-preferential-votes.html . 31 March 2014 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.