3rd Parliament of Ceylon

3rd Parliament of Ceylon
3rd Parliament of Ceylon
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Ceylon
Term	19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959
Election	5–10 April 1956
Senior parliamentarians
Speaker	Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
Deputy Speaker and ; Chairman of Committees	Piyasena Tennakoon, SLFP (1956–58); R. S. Pelpola, SLFP (1958–59)
Deputy Chairman of Committees	R. S. Pelpola, SLFP (1956–58); L. S. Jinasena, UNP (1958–59)
Prime Minister	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, SLFP (1956–59); Wijeyananda Dahanayake, MEP (1959)
Leader of the Opposition	N. M. Perera, LSSP
Leader of the House	C. P. de Silva, SLFP
Chief Government Whip	W. J. C. Moonesinghe, SLFP
Sessions
1st
1st	19 April 1956 – 3 May 1957
2nd	13 June 1957 – 15 May 1958
3rd	4 June 1958 – 23 May 1959
4th	30 June 1959 – 5 December 1959

The 3rd Parliament of Ceylon was a meeting of the Parliament of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1956 parliamentary election between 5 and 10 April 1956. The parliament met for the first time on 19 April 1956 and was dissolved on 5 December 1959.

References

"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
"Duration of Parliament". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
"Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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"Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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"Leaders of the Opposition". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
"Leaders of the House". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
"Chief Government Whips". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
"Chief Opposition Whips". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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