R. C. Kannangara

Richard Charles Kannangara (15 June 1920 – 14 October 1946) was a Ceylonese tea plantation owner and politician.^[1]

On 3 March 1936 Kannangara was elected to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon representing Morawaka. Kannangara defeated the sitting member, Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe, of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party by a margin of 2,910 votes.^[2][3] Kannangara was superintendent and owner of a tea plantation in Deniyaya,^[4][5] and his campaign was backed by Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka, the Leader of the House and Minister for Home Affairs.^[6] After his election to the State Council he joined the Sinhala Maha Sabha.^[7] Kannangara sat on the Executive Committee on Agriculture and Lands.^[8] He died whilst still in office on 14 October 1946.^[9] At the subsequent by-election in 1947 Wickramasinghe was elected by a majority of 23,823 votes, and sat for a brief period on the Council until it was disbanded in July 1947.^[10]