Meryl Fernando

Meryl Fernando
; Hon.; Meryl Fernando;
	;
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament; for Moratuwa;
	; In office; 1956–1960
Preceded by	; Chandrasiri Somaweera
Succeeded by	; Ruskin Fernando
	; In office; 1960–1965
Preceded by	; Ruskin Fernando
Succeeded by	; Ruskin Fernando
	;
Personal details
Born	; (1923-04-18)18 April 1923
Died	; 27 May 2007(2007-05-27) (aged 84); Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Profession	; Teacher
Ethnicity	; Sinhalese;

Weerahennedige Theodore Wilfred Meryl Fernando (18 April 1923 – 27 May 2007) was a Ceylonese teacher, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life and family[edit]

Fernando was born on 18 April 1923.^[1] He was educated at Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa.^[2]^[3] After school he joined Ceylon University College in 1941, passing the London intermediate examination in 1944.^[2] Later he studied at the Teacher Training College in Maharagama and qualified as a teacher.^[2]^[3]

Fernando was married twice - to Christobel and Wimala.^[4] He had two children - Sharmalie Nimalka Nagle and Arosha.^[4]

Career[edit]

Fernando became involved in politics whilst at university and in 1944 dropped out of university to work full-time for the Ceylonese branch of the Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI).^[5] He met Edmund Samarakkody, with whom he would be politically associated with for most of his life, whilst working for the BLPI.^[5] After World War II Fernando organised labour at the Elephant match-factory in Moratuwa.^[2]^[3]^[5] He worked for the Moratuwa branch of the Kelaniya Match Workers Union for two decades and served as the branch's secretary for several years.^[2]^[5] In 1948 he got the carpentry workers at Willorawatta, Moratuwa, to join the Industrial and General Workers Union, an affiliate of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)).^[2] Fernando and Doric de Souza successfully negotiated better employment conditions for the carpentry workers.^[2] Fernando also organised workers at the Velona Garment Factory and the Lanka Light Match Factory in Moratuwa.^[5] Fernando was arrested and imprisoned during the 1953 hartal.^[2]^[3]^[5]

In 1948 the BLPI merged with the Congress Socialist Party to create the Socialist Party.^[6] The BLPI's Ceylon branch became a separate party, the Bolshevik Samasamaja Party (BSP).^[6] The BSP and LSSP merged in 1950.^[7] Fernando was elected to Moratuwa Urban Council in 1950 as the LSSP member for Koralawella Ward.^[5] He was a member of Moratuwa Urban Council until 1967 and served as its chairman.^[2]^[3]^[5] He stood as the LSSP candidate in Moratuwa at the 1956 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[8] He did not have a car and traveled to Parliament by bus.^[3] He lost his seat at the March 1960 parliamentary election but re-gained it at the July 1960 parliamentary election.^[9]^[10]

Whilst Ceylon's main political parties, the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), supported the Sinhala Only Act, the leftists, led by the LSSP, opposed the act.^[7] In May 1960 LSSP leader N. M. Perera proposed that the party form a coalition government with SLFP.^[6] The LSSP joined the SLFP government in June 1964.^[7]^[11] LSSP members who opposed the move (Fernando, V. Karalasingham, Samarakkody, Bala Tampoe etc.) left the LSSP and formed the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) (LSSP(R)) with Samarakkody as its secretary.^[6]^[7]^[11] In December 1964 the LSSP(R)'s two MPs, Fernando and Samarakkody, together with several rebel SLFP MPs, voted for an opposition amendment to the government's throne speech, defeating the government and precipitating the dissolution of Parliament.^[7]^[11] Fernando and Samarakkody's action proved controversial within the LSSP(R) as they had in effect supported the capitalist UNP which would go on to win the 1965 parliamentary election.^[6] The LSSP(R) supported Fernando and Samarakkody's action but some members who opposed it (Karalasingham and the Sakthi group) left the LSSP(R) and rejoined the LSSP in 1966.^[6]

Fernando stood as the LSSP(R) candidate in Moratuwa at the 1965 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected.^[12] Samarakkody fell out with LSSP(R) leader Tampoe and in 1968 left the party, together with Fernando, and founded the Revolutionary Sama Samaja Party (renamed Revolutionary Workers Party in 1973).^[6]^[13]^[14] Fernando supported the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's 1971 insurrection.^[5] Fernando stood as a candidate in Moratuwa at the 1977 parliamentary election but again failed to get re-elected.^[15] He took an active role in the 1980 general strike.^[5]

Fernando died on 27 May 2007 at his home in Koralawella, Moratuwa.^[2]^[3]

Electoral history[edit]

Electoral history of Meryl Fernando
Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
1956 parliamentary^[8]	Moratuwa	LSSP	7004195290000000000♠19,529	Elected
1960 March parliamentary^[9]	Moratuwa	LSSP	7003942700000000000♠9,427	Not elected
1960 July parliamentary^[10]	Moratuwa	LSSP	7004129430000000000♠12,943	Elected
1965 parliamentary^[12]	Moratuwa	LSSP(R)	7003104800000000000♠1,048	Not elected
1977 parliamentary^[15]	Moratuwa		7003289100000000000♠2,891	Not elected

References[edit]

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^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j "Meryl Fernando stood for working class - Prof Tissa Vitharana". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 25 June 2011.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g "Meryl is no more". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 May 2007.

^ ^a^b "Obituaries". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 29 May 2007.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j Plant, J. J. "Obituary: Meryl Fernando (1923–2007)". Marxists Internet Archive.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g Fernando, Meryl (27 January 2002). "Shunned power for principles". The Island (Sri Lanka).

^ ^a^b^c^d^e Fernando, Amaradasa (5 January 2002). "Edmund Samarakkody kept faith to the last". The Island.

^ ^a^b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lankaa.
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^ ^a^b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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^ ^a^b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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^ ^a^b^c "Leftists join the government". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 22 June 2008.

^ ^a^b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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^ Alexander, Robert J. (1991). International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Duke University Press. p. 192. ISBN 0-8223-0975-0.

^ Kearney, Robert N. (1971). Trade Unions and Politics in Ceylon. University of California Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-520-01713-7.

^ ^a^b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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[DN250611-2] ⁱ^j "Meryl Fernando stood for working class - Prof Tissa Vitharana". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 25 June 2011.

[TI290507-3] "Meryl is no more". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 May 2007.

[DN290507-4] "Obituaries". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 29 May 2007.

[MIA-5] ⁱ^j Plant, J. J. "Obituary: Meryl Fernando (1923–2007)". Marxists Internet Archive.

[TI270102-6] Fernando, Meryl (27 January 2002). "Shunned power for principles". The Island (Sri Lanka).

[TI050102-7] Fernando, Amaradasa (5 January 2002). "Edmund Samarakkody kept faith to the last". The Island.

[pe56-8] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lankaa.
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[pe60m-9] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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[pe60j-10] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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[ST220608-11] "Leftists join the government". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 22 June 2008.

[pe65-12] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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[13] Alexander, Robert J. (1991). International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Duke University Press. p. 192. ISBN 0-8223-0975-0.

[14] Kearney, Robert N. (1971). Trade Unions and Politics in Ceylon. University of California Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-520-01713-7.

[pe77-15] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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Leading members	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai Colvin R. de Silva William de Silva Doric de Souza Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardena Vivienne Goonewardena Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena P. Kandiah V. Karalasingham Pieter Keuneman M. G. Mendis N.M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Bernard Soysa A. Vaidyalingam Tissa Vitharana Batty Weerakoon S. A. Wickramasinghe
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v t e ← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)-1959) →
_Prime_Minister:_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake _Leader_of_the_Opposition:_N._M._Perera"> Speaker: Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera
Eastern Province (7)	S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. S. Kariapper Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam
Northern Province (9)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimewan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala D. B. Monnekulama W. J. C. Munasinha Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (7)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Don Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (20)	S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardena Vivienne Goonewardena Cholomondeley Goonewardene Robert Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe Sagara Palansuriya Dayasena Pasqual Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Bernard Soysa M. S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene
Appointed (6)	M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

v t e ← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) →
_Prime_Minister:_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike _Leader_of_the_Opposition:_Dudley_Senanayake"> Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake
Central Province (23)	Bernard Aluwihare Alick Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya
Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Manickarajah S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena Soysa
Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah V. Navaratnam E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam
North Central Province (8)	C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimewan Godage K. B. Ratnayake E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon
North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari M. A. J. Wijesinghe Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar D. B. Monnekulame Jaya Pathirana Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon Kavisena Herath U.B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe
Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera P. C. Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara
Southern Province (19)	K. H. G. Albert S. W. Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa Don Edwin Thilakeratne H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya
Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva Vivienne Goonewardena Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando Meryl Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardena Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha
Appointed (6)	Badi-ud-din Mahmud R. Singleton Salmon Savumiamoorthy Thondaman *This list is unfinished.

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Hon. Meryl Fernando

Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Moratuwa
In office 1956–1960
Preceded by	Chandrasiri Somaweera
Succeeded by	Ruskin Fernando
In office 1960–1965
Preceded by	Ruskin Fernando
Succeeded by	Ruskin Fernando

Personal details
Born	(1923-04-18)18 April 1923
Died	27 May 2007(2007-05-27) (aged 84) Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Profession	Teacher
Ethnicity	Sinhalese