C. E. Attygalle
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Honourable Cyril Eugene Attygalle MP |
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| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Ratnapura |
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In office 1947–1956 |
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| Preceded by | seat created |
| Succeeded by | Jayaweera Kuruppu |
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6 February 1905 Weralupe, Ratnapura |
| Died | 30 April 1980 (aged 75) |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Brenhilde |
| Children | Tissa, Aoka, Nelum |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's College, Colombo, Ananda College, Colombo |
Cyril Eugene Attygalle (6 February 1905 – 30 April 1980) was a Ceylonese politician.
Cyril Eugene Attygalle was born 6 February 1905 in Weralupe, Ratnapura, the sixth in a family of eleven (nine sons and two daughters), to Don Louis Attygalle, was a and later Mudaliyar at the Ratnapura Kachcheri, and Dolicia Jane Haddagoda. His elder brother Nicholas Attygalle was the President of the Senate of Ceylon (1953 – 1960) and the first Ceylonese Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon.
Attygalle received his education at St. Joseph’s College and Ananda College in Colombo. In 1926 he joined the Ceylon Police Force as a Sub-inspector but resigned six months later and took up planting in Gilimale North. He lived in Colombo and engaged in business as a Produce Broker between 1934 and 1940. In 1936 he married Brenhilde and they had three children. In 1944 he was elected to the Ratnapura Urban Council, representing the Weralupe Ward.
Attygalle was elected to parliament, as the member for the Ratnapura electorate, at the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, representing the United National Party. He received 6,603 votes (50% of the total vote), which was 1,799 votes ahead of his nearest rival, A. H. Wijetunge, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate. He was appointed as the Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the D. S. Senanayake cabinet.
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