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E. R. Tambimuttu

Ceylon Tamil lawyer and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Emmanuel Rasanayagam Tambimuttu (Tamil: இம்மானுவேல் ராசநாயகம் தம்பிமுத்து, romanized: Im'māṉuvēl Rācanāyakam Tampimuttu; born c1890) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.

Quick Facts Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon for Eastern Province, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon for Batticaloa ...
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Early life and family

Tambimuttu was born around 1890.[1] His ancestors were originally from Nallur but later settled in Batticaloa in eastern eastern Ceylon.[1]

Tambimuttu had a daughter - Laurel.[1]

Career

Tambimuttu was an advocate.[1] He contested the 1921 legislative council election as a candidate for the Eastern Province seat and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon unopposed.[1][2] Tambimuttu contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Batticaloa seat and was re-elected to the Legislative Council.[1][2][3][4]

Tambimuttu did not contest the 1931 state council election due to the boycott organised by the Jaffna Youth Congress.[5] He contested the 1936 state council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee-Batticaloa seat and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.[1][6] In June 1943 he was found guilty by the Bribery Commission of accepting bribes but as he refused to resign he was expelled from the State Council.[6]

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Electoral history

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References

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