Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual (9 June 1912 - 22 May 2013) was a Ceylonese politician. He represented the Matugama electorate in Parliament for 21 consecutive years from 1956 to 1977. Pasqual was born in Uragoda (a small remote village), the eldest of thirteen children. He attended Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte, and Ananda College, Colombo Once he graduated from high school he went on to teach at Ananda Shastralaya He founded Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama in February 1942. In 1943 he was elected to the Horawala - Dodango - Matugama Village Council and subsequently its chairman in 1944.