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Hon. T. B. Poholiyadde Disawwa MBE JP

Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Horowpothana
In office 1947–1956
Preceded by	seat created
Succeeded by	E. L. B. Hurulle

Personal details
Born	Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde (1890-07-10)10 July 1890
Died	1956 Ceylon
Nationality	Ceylonese
Political party	United National Party
Alma mater	Trinity College, Kandy
Occupation	Politics

Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde (10 July 1890 - 1956), commonly known as T. B. Poholiyadde Dissawa, was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and politician.^[1]

Poholiyadde was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.^[2]

In 1947 Poholiyadde was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon at the 1st parliamentary election, in the Horowpothana electorate, representing the United National Party. He secured 44% of the total vote, defeating the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate, P. M. K. Tennakoon, by 2,179 votes.^[3]

He was re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, winning by 1,510 votes over Tennakoon, receiving 4,766 votes (48% of the total vote).^[4]

He was awarded the honorary title of Dissawa, appointed Justice of the Peace and in the 1953 New Year Honours Poholiyadde was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Civil Division.^[5]

Poholiyadde died in 1956, at the age of 66, following the dissolution of parliament and before nominations were called. He was successfully replaced by E. L. B. Hurulle.^[6]

References

^ "Hon. Poholiyadde Dissawa, Tikiri Banda, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ Centenary Number, Trinity College, Kandy, 1872-1972, Appendix II - Old Boys, published by Trinity College Press, Kandy, March 1972
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ Ceylon list: "No. 39736". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. pp. 47–48.
^ Pieris, Roshan (1 September 1996). "A politician of a bygone era". Sunday Times.

v t e ← // Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon (1947 (1947)–1952) →
Speaker: Alexander Francis Molamure/Albert Peries Prime Minister: D. S. Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda George E. de Silva T. B. Ilangaratne, Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Senerat Gunewardene R. S. Pelpola Karuppiah Kumaravelu G. R. Motha Abdul Aziz V. T. Nanayakkara E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. R. U. Premachandra K. Rajalingam H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka H. B. Tenne Savumiamoorthy Thondaman C. V. Velupillai
Eastern Province (7)	A. R. A. M. Abubucker S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. M. Ebrahim M. S. Kariapper Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe V. Nalliah S. Sivapalan
Northern Province (9)	S. J. V. Chelvanayakam K. Kanagaratnam V. Kumaraswamy G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	P. L. Bauddhasara P. B. Bulankulame S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	Ivan Dassanayake J. J. Fernando Kavisena Herath I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Herbert Sri Nissanka Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle D. F. Hettiarachchi N. H. Keerthiratne E. W. Mathew Alexander Francis Molamure Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Reginald Perera Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Florence Senanayake
Southern Province (12)	H. D. Abeygoonewardane Simon Abeywickrema H. W. Amarasuriya Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva Arthur de Zoysa Walwin de Silva) D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama P. Kumarasiri D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa V. G. W. Ratnayake W. Wickremasinghe
Uva Province (7)	Leo Fernando J. C. T. Kotelawala K. V. Nadarajah D. Ramanujam J. A. Rambukpota S. M. Subbaiah K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Somaweera Chandrasiri R. A. de Mel T. F. Jayewardene Colvin R. de Silva George R. de Silva A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Cholomondeley Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Kusumasiri Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena T. B. Jayah M. C. M. Kaleel A. P. Jayasuriya D. P. Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene D. D. Karunaratne P. P. Jayawardena Pieter Keuneman Wilmot A. Perera Henry Peiris D. S. Senanayake S. A. Silva H. de Z. Siriwardena
Appointed (6)	E. F. N. Gratiaen Rosslyn Koch F. H. Griffith R. Singleton-Salmon J. A. Martenze J. W. Oldfield S. A. Pakeman G. R. Whitby

v t e ← Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon (1952 (1952)–1956) →
Speaker: Albert Peries Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake/John Kotelawala Leader of the Opposition: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Central Province (15)	Bernard Aluwihare M. D. Banda H. E. P. de Mel M. W. R. de Silva Robert Edward Jayatilaka C. A. S. Marikkar E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake Fredrick de Silva P. H. C. Silva P. P. Sumanatilaka H. B. Tenne Ukku Banda Unamboowe
Eastern Province (7)	M. M. Ebrahim R. B. Kadramer A. M. Merza M. E. H. Mohamed Ali V. Nalliah N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam
Northern Province (9)	V. Kumaraswamy S. Natesan G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam V. Veerasingam
North Central Province (5)	P. B. Bulankulame C. P. de Silva S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	Shirley Corea Ivan Dassanayake Kavisena Herath I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle C. R. Beligammana N. H. Keerthiratne A. E. B. Kiriella E. W. Mathew Alexander Francis Molamure N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Dudley Senanayake Harold Weragama
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis William de Silva Ian de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Charles Edirisuriya Montague Jayawickrama D. A. Rajapaksa V. G. W. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera Doreen Young Wickremasinghe
Uva Province (7)	M. B. Bambarapane Leo Fernando Gladwin Kotelawala J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris J. A. Rambukpota E. B. Dimbulane Wilfred A. Ratwatte K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)	A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe John Amaratunga S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Somaweera Chandrasiri P. Andrew Cooray Razik Fareed Kusumasiri Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena S. de Silva Jayasinghe D. P. Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena T. F. Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel C. W. W. Kannangara D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman Cyril E. S. Perera Wilmot A. Perera
Appointed (6)	R. P. Gaddum Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray V. R. S. Schokman Robert Singleton-Salmon A. C. Tutein-Nolthenius S. P. Vythilingam

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