3rd Parliament of Ceylon

The 3rd Parliament of Ceylon was a meeting of the Parliament of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1956 parliamentary election between 5 and 10 April 1956. The parliament met for the first time on 19 April 1956 and was dissolved on 5 December 1959.

3rd Parliament of Ceylon
← 4th 6th →
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Ceylon
Term	19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959
Election	5–10 April 1956
Senior parliamentarians
Speaker	Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees	Piyasena Tennakoon, SLFP (1956–58) R. S. Pelpola, SLFP (1958–59)
Deputy Chairman of Committees	R. S. Pelpola, SLFP (1956–58) L. S. Jinasena, UNP (1958–59)
Prime Minister	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, SLFP (1956–59) Wijeyananda Dahanayake, MEP (1959)
Leader of the Opposition	N. M. Perera, LSSP
Leader of the House	C. P. de Silva, SLFP
Chief Government Whip	W. J. C. Moonesinghe, SLFP
Sessions
1st 19 April 1956 – 3 May 1957 2nd 13 June 1957 – 15 May 1958 3rd 4 June 1958 – 23 May 1959 4th 30 June 1959 – 5 December 1959