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Piyasena Tennakoon (3 June 1917 – 25 February 1982) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Tennakoon was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Following which he graduated from the Ceylon Law College and became an advocate. He was appointed as the District Revenue Officer of Kolonne. In 1952 he ran at 2nd parliamentary elections, held in May, in the Galaha electorate. He lost to the incumbent, Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke, by 4,606 votes.

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rdfs:label	Piyasena Tennakoon (en)
rdfs:comment	Piyasena Tennakoon (3 June 1917 – 25 February 1982) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Tennakoon was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Following which he graduated from the Ceylon Law College and became an advocate. He was appointed as the District Revenue Officer of Kolonne. In 1952 he ran at 2nd parliamentary elections, held in May, in the Galaha electorate. He lost to the incumbent, Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke, by 4,606 votes. (en)
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dcterms:subject	1982 deaths Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians Alumni of Ananda College 1917 births Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	List of Mayors of Kandy United National Party Senkadagala Electoral District Fredrick de Silva Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election M. A. Daniel 1982 deaths Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians Galaha Electoral District Gampola Electoral District Advocate Ananda College Alumni of Ananda College E. L. Senanayake Noel Wimalasena Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989) 1917 births The Honourable Ceylon Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Hewaheta Electoral District March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Law College R. S. Pelpola
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death date	1982-02-25 (xsd:date)
honorific prefix	The Honourable
nationality	Ceylonese (en)
parliament	Ceylon (en)
party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
predecessor	Fredrick de Silva M. A. Daniel
profession	lawyer, politician (en)
successor	M. A. Daniel E. L. Senanayake
term end	1960 (xsd:integer) 1977 (xsd:integer)
term start	1956 (xsd:integer) 1970 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	Piyasena Tennakoon (3 June 1917 – 25 February 1982) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Tennakoon was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Following which he graduated from the Ceylon Law College and became an advocate. He was appointed as the District Revenue Officer of Kolonne. In 1952 he ran at 2nd parliamentary elections, held in May, in the Galaha electorate. He lost to the incumbent, Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke, by 4,606 votes. Tennakoon next contested the parliamentary by-election for the seat of Kandy, held on 23 October 1954, representing the United National Party. He was unsuccessful losing to the former Mayor of Kandy, Fredrick de Silva, by 399 votes. He ran again at the 3rd parliamentary election, held in April 1956, this time as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate. He polled 11,005 votes (53% of the total vote), 1,239 votes ahead of the United National Party candidate, Edward Lionel Senanayake and was duly elected. On 20 April 1956 Tennakoon was elected as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, a position he retained until 16 September 1958, when he was replaced by the member for Gampola, Richard Stanley Pelpola. He contested the newly created seat of Senkadagala at the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960, where he lost to Noel Wimalasena, of the United National Party by 1,157 votes. He re-contested the seat at the 6th parliamentary election, for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, losing again to Wimalasena, this time by 3,370 votes. At the 7th parliamentary election, held on 27 May 1970, he ran for the seat of Hewaheta, as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate. He won the seat by 2,617 votes, defeating the sitting member, Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel, from the United National Party. He was unable to retain the seat at the subsequent 8th parliamentary election, held on 21 July 1977, losing to Daniel by 6,750 votes. (en)
constituency MP	Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989) Hewaheta Electoral District
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of alumni of Ananda College Senkadagala Electoral District

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