This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon. Presidents of the Senate Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 - ) Nicholas Attygalle (1952 - 1955) Cyril de Zoysa (1955 - 1961) Sarath Wijesinghe (1962 - 1965) Thomas Amarasuriya (1963–65) Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965 - 1971) Deputy presidents of the Senate Peri Sundaram (1947 - ) Frank Gunasekera (1948 - 1951) Cyril de Zoysa (1951 - 1955) Adeline Molamure (1955 - ) B. H. Dunuwille S. D. S. Somaratne Leaders of the Senate Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947-1951) Oliver Goonetilleke (1951-1954) Senators N. M. Appuhamy, elected UNP Kurbanhusen Adamaly (1949–61), appointed. J. A. Amaratunga, appointed Thomas Amarasuriya (1953–65), UNP/SLFP Nicholas Attygalle (1952-), appointed A. M. A. Azeez (1952–63), appointed, UNP/independent Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–65), SLFP I. A. Cader (1969-1970), appointed Mohamed Shums Cassim (1953–54), elected C. Coomaraswamy (1947-1950), appointed Cissy Cooray (1947-1952), appointed - first woman appointed to the Senate Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected Evadne de Silva Evelyn de Soysa (1958-1963), M. W. H. de Silva Cyril de Zoysa (1947-), elected M. P. de Zoysa (1960-1971), appointed Doric de Souza, LSSP B. H. Dunuwille Sam Peter Christopher Fernando Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947-), appointed Oliver Goonetilleke (1947-1948;1951-1954), appointed Frank Gunasekera (1947-), appointed A. R. M. Hameem (1963-1969), appointed L. L. Hunter (1950-1953), appointed Sir Herbert Eric Jansz (1947-1950), appointed J. P. Jayasena Ukwatte Jayasundera A. P. Jayasuriya Clodagh Jayasuriya, UNP, elected (October 1953 – 1956) N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957-) Valentine S. Jayawickrema Stanley Kalpage S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949–57), appointed, UNP/ACTC E. W. Kannangara M. D. Kitchilan (1965-1971), appointed John Kotelawala, UNP Justin Kotalawela (1947-1954), elected, UNP Dr R. B. Lenora M. Manickam, ITAK Mohamed Macan Markar (1947-1952), appointed S. M. H. Mashoor (1965-1971), elected Adeline Molamure (1947-), elected S. Z. Mashoor Moulana (1967), elected S. Nadarajah (1965–71), ACTC S. Nadesan (1947–71) S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai) Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951–57), LSSP E. M. V. Naganathan (1947-), elected, ACTC/ITAK Jinadasa Niyathapala, appointed 1960-1964 James Peter Obeyesekere III Bertram Ivor Palipane (1952–57), elected Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954-) M. V. P Peiris D. W. J. Perera (1947-), elected Reginald Perera (1959–71), MEP D. M. Rajapaksa Lalitha Rajapakse (1947-), appointed A. B. Rajendra (1947-), appointed Abeyratne Ratnayaka Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik (1947-1952), elected Philip Rodrigo Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947-), appointed H. de Z. Siriwardena (1952-), appointed Seetha Seneviratne (1967-)