List of Members of The Lanka Sama Samaja Party

List of prominent members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party

Members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), a marxist, trotskyist, socialist party in Sri Lanka. Some of the people listed below may only briefly have been in the LSSP.

A large proportion of the leadership of the Left in Sri Lanka started their political lives in the LSSP. This is even true of the political right; for example, Esmond Wickremasinghe (the father of Ranil Wickremasinghe) was a leading member of the party -- before marrying the daughter of the wealthy press baron D.R Wijewardena and being appointed editor-in-chief of Lake House.

Founder Members

  • Dr. N.M. Perera
  • Philip Gunawardena, later Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party, later Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
  • Robert Gunewardena, later Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
  • Dr. Colvin R de Silva
  • Dr. S.A. Wickremesinghe, later Communist Party of Sri Lanka

Other Prominent Members

  • Hector Abhayavardhana
  • S.C.C. Anthonipillai (Toni)
  • Seneka Bibile
  • Mark Anthony Bracegirdle
  • Doric de Souza
  • Carlo Fonseka
  • Cholomondely Goonewardena, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party later Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  • Leslie Goonewardena
  • Vivienne Goonewardena
  • Jeanne Hoban Moonesinghe, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
  • Osmund Jayaratne
  • Siritunga Jayasuriya later Nava Sama Samaja Party, later United Socialist Party
  • Wickremabahu Karunaratne, later Nava Sama Samaja Party
  • V. Karalasingham (Carlo)
  • Vijaya Kumaratunga, later Sri Lanka Freedom Party, later Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
  • Rhoda Miller de Silva
  • Anil Moonesinghe, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party later Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  • Wesley Muttiah, later Nava Sama Samaja Party
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara, later Nava Sama Samaja Party, later Democratic Left Front
  • G.E.H. Perera
  • G.P. Perera ('Elephant Perera')
  • Edmund Samarakkody, later Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary), later Revolutionary Workers Party
  • Wilfred Senanayake, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party later Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  • Regi Siriwardena (Hamid or Hameed)
  • Bernard Soyza
  • I. J. Wickrema
  • Tissa Vitarana
  • Batty Weerakoon
  • Percy Wickremesekera, later Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
  • D.G. William ('Galle Face (due to Brian P&aecute;ppers)
  • Doreen Young Wickremasinghe, later Communist Party of Sri Lanka
  • V.S. Rajah ('Raja sahodaraya' 1935-2000), Long standing member of Lanka Sama Samaja Party

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