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Adeline, Lady Molamure, CBE (Adeline; née Meedeniya; 1890 – 1977) was the first female member of State Council of Ceylon, and therefore, the first elected female legislator in Sri Lanka. She was the Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon. She was married to Sir Francis Molamure, the first speaker of the State Council and Parliament. Their only daughter Seetha Molamure was appointed a member of the Senate of Ceylon. She married to L. J. Seneviratne a civil servant who became the Secretary of the Treasury.

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rdfs:comment	Adeline Molamure, född 1890, död 1977, var en lankesisk politiker. Hon blev 1931 sitt lands första kvinnliga parlamentariker. (sv) Adeline, Lady Molamure, CBE (Adeline; née Meedeniya; 1890 – 1977) was the first female member of State Council of Ceylon, and therefore, the first elected female legislator in Sri Lanka. She was the Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon. She was married to Sir Francis Molamure, the first speaker of the State Council and Parliament. Their only daughter Seetha Molamure was appointed a member of the Senate of Ceylon. She married to L. J. Seneviratne a civil servant who became the Secretary of the Treasury. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Rate Mahatmaya Bishop's College, Colombo J. H. Meedeniya L. J. Seneviratne List of political families in Sri Lanka Commander of the Order of the British Empire Anglican Maha Mudaliyar 1955 Birthday Honours 1890 births 1977 deaths Ceylonese Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Senate of Ceylon Sinhalese politicians Women legislators in Sri Lanka 20th-century Sri Lankan women politicians Alumni of Bishop's College, Colombo Wives of knights Tissa Vitharana D. R. Wijewardena Legislative Council of Ceylon Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon Adigar Iranganie Serasinghe Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Senate of Ceylon Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Ratnapura Ranil Wickremasinghe Ministry of Finance and Planning State Council of Ceylon Seetha Molamure Francis Molamure dbr:Humbadee_Dissawa
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has abstract	Adeline, Lady Molamure, CBE (Adeline; née Meedeniya; 1890 – 1977) was the first female member of State Council of Ceylon, and therefore, the first elected female legislator in Sri Lanka. She was the Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon. Educated at Bishop's College, Colombo, she was the daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar, member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. She was elected to the State Council by election in 1931 from her father's electoral seat after his death. She was later elected to the Senate in 1947 and was appointed as a Deputy President of the Senate in 1955. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1955 Birthday Honours. She was the daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar grandson of , who served under the last king of Kandy and Cornelia Magdeline Senanayake, the daughter of Rev. Cornelius Senanayake, an Anglican priest and Corneliya Regina Obeysekere of Kataluwa Walawwa who was the sister of Lambertus Obeyesekere, Maha Mudaliyar. Her sister was Alice Wijewardena who married D. R. Wijewardena (the founder of Lake House newspaper group) and her brother was Joseph Hercules Meedeniya who became the Rate Mahatmaya of Ratnapura, married Violet Ellawela. They had four children, which included Iranganie Serasinghe and Kamani Vitharana who married Professor Tissa Vitharana. Her sister's grandson Ranil Wickremasinghe would later become Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. She was married to Sir Francis Molamure, the first speaker of the State Council and Parliament. Their only daughter Seetha Molamure was appointed a member of the Senate of Ceylon. She married to L. J. Seneviratne a civil servant who became the Secretary of the Treasury. (en) Adeline Molamure, född 1890, död 1977, var en lankesisk politiker. Hon blev 1931 sitt lands första kvinnliga parlamentariker. (sv)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	President of the Senate of Ceylon 1950 New Year Honours J. H. Meedeniya L. J. Seneviratne List of senators of Ceylon Adeline Meedeniya N. M. Perera 1955 Birthday Honours Ceylonese recipients of British titles Women in government List of the first female members of parliament by country List of the first women holders of political offices in Asia Women in the Sri Lankan Parliament Seetha Seneviratne

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