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About Cholomondeley Goonewardene
- Cholomondeley de Fonseka Goonewardene (16 September 1917 - 25 November 2006) was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister.
- He was one of the early members of the Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first political party in Sri Lanka- and founded its Kalutara Branch in 1937 .
- He was the last surviving member to have served on the first Parliament of Ceylon.
- Goonewardene was a lawyer by profession and before being elected to parliament served as the Chairman of the Kalutara Urban Council.
- Representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Party he was the member for the Kalutara electorate.
- In June 1964 he was appointed Minister of Works in the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet.
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