W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena

The Honourable W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena MP
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Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party

W. D. Simon Abeygoonawardena was a Ceylonese politician. He was a member of the parliament of Ceylon for Galle electorate from the United National Party. W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena defeated the then Prime Minister of Ceylon, Wijeyananda Dahanayake at the Ceylonese parliamentary election held in March 1960 contesting for Galle. But he was defeated by Dahanayake few months later at the Ceylonese parliamentary election held in July 1960. Later Simon Abeygoonawardena served as the Mayor of Galle city from 1965 to 1966. Abeygoonawardena was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and was a businessman by profession. He was the owner of Galle Motor Bus Company.

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