Mihindukulasuriya Julian Joseph Fernando (born 15 August 1896) was a Ceylonese politician. In 1947 Fernando was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon at the 1st parliamentary election, in the Chilaw electorate, as an independent candidate. He secured 6,270 votes (35% of the total vote), defeating four other candidates to win the seat. Fernando was unable to hold the seat at the 2nd parliamentary election held in May 1952, where he was defeated by the United National Party candidate, Shirley Corea, and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, W. J. C. Munasinha, who received 10,260 votes and 10,206 votes respectively, as opposed to Fernando's 5,027 votes. References 1896 births Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Year of death missing