R. Sri Pathmanathan

Ratnasabapathy Sri Pathmanathan (died 5 May 1943) was a Ceylon Tamil barrister-at-law, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon.^[1]

Hon. R. Sri Pathmanathan MSC
Member of the State Council of Ceylon
In office 1936–1943
Preceded by	S. M. Anantham
Succeeded by	J. I. Gnanamuttu
Constituency	Mannar-Mullaitivu
Personal details
Died	(1943-05-05)5 May 1943
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Lawyer
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

Sri Pathmanathan was the nephew of P. Ramanathan and P. Arunachalam.^[2] He had a MA degree from the University of Oxford.^[2]

Sri Pathmanathan contested the 1934 State Council by-election in Point Pedro but was defeated by G. G. Ponnambalam.^[3][4] He contested the 1936 State Council election as a candidate in Mannar-Mullaitivu and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.^[5][6][7] He died whilst still in office on 5 May 1943.^[5] His position on the Council was taken by Gnanamuthu Isaac, at the subsequent by-election on 28 August.

Electoral history

Electoral history of R. Sri Pathmanathan

Election	Constituency	Votes	Result
1934 state council (by)[3]	Point Pedro	2,032	Not elected
1936 state council[5]	Mannar-Mullaitivu		Elected