Parliament of Ceylon

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The Parliament of Ceylon was the bicameral national legislature of the British Dominion of Ceylon, functioning as its supreme law-making body until the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Ceylon canonical 18
House of Representatives of Ceylon 10
Ceylon Parliament 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
national legislature
parliament
capital Colombo
constitutionalBasis Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946
continent Asia
country Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon
dissolved 1972
endTime 22 May 1972
foundedBy Soulbury Constitution
function supreme law-making body of Ceylon
governmentType parliamentary democracy
hasPart House of Representatives of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon
headOfStateDuringExistence Monarch of the United Kingdom
headOfStateTitle King of Ceylon
linked to: Maharaja

Queen of Ceylon
inception 1947
jurisdiction Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka
legislativeBodyFor British Dominion of Ceylon
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon

independent Ceylon
legislatureOf Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon
location Colombo
Galle Face Green
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon
meetsIn Colombo
nativeNameLanguage en
numberOfHouses 2
primaryLanguage English
Sinhala
Tamil
replaced State Council of Ceylon
replacedBy National State Assembly of Sri Lanka
Parliament of Sri Lanka
representedBy Governor-General of Ceylon
linked to: Governor-General
republicTransition Republic of Sri Lanka
linked to: Sri Lanka
seat Parliament Building, Galle Face
shortName Ceylon Parliament
significantEvent abolished with adoption of 1972 Republican Constitution
first meeting held 14 October 1947
startTime 14 October 1947
successorState Sri Lanka
upperHouse Senate of Ceylon
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post
single-member constituencies
votingSystemUpperHouse appointment
indirect election

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominion of Ceylon legislature Parliament of Ceylon
Dominion of Ceylon lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Sri Lanka legislature Parliament of Sri Lanka
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Dudley Senanayake parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon partOf Parliament of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon otherChamber House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike memberOf House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
D. S. Senanayake parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Ceylon hasPart House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Ceylon lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Ceylon shortName Ceylon Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
State Council of Ceylon replacedBy Parliament of Ceylon
State Council of Ceylon followedBy Parliament of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Ceylon nominatedBy Parliament of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Ceylon reportsTo Parliament of Ceylon
Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon) legislativeBody House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
W. Dahanayake parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
Soulbury Constitution lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Sri Lanka replaced Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Sri Lanka predecessor House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Government of Ceylon legislativeBody Parliament of Ceylon
Sir John Kotelawala parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
National State Assembly precededBy Parliament of Ceylon
National State Assembly replacedBody Parliament of Ceylon
Don Stephen Senanayake parliamentaryBody House of Representatives of Ceylon
subject linked to: Don Stephen
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 establishedBody House of Representatives of Ceylon
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
J. R. Jayewardene memberOf Parliament of Ceylon