E. J. Cooray

Edmund Joseph Cooray, CMG, OBE was a Ceylonese Senator and one-time Minister of Justice in the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet.^[1] He attended the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London on behalf of the Dominion of Ceylon.^[2]

Hon. Edmund J. Cooray CMG, OBE
Queen Elizabeth II and Commonwealth leaders including E. J. Cooray, taken at the 1960 Commonwealth Conference, Windsor Castle.
Minister of Justice
In office 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960
Prime Minister	Dudley Senanayake
Preceded by	Valentine S. Jayawickrema
Succeeded by	Sam Peter Christopher Fernando
Personal details
Born	(1907-11-16)November 16, 1907
Died	November 6, 1979(1979-11-06) (aged 71)
Profession	Barrister

He graduated with a BA from the University of London, qualified as a barrister and established his legal practice as an advocate. He was a lecturer for Digest and Voet at the Ceylon Law College. He served as the Commissioner of Co-operative Development and thereafter Chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1952 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1955 Birthday Honours for his services to the co-operative movement.^[3]