Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon

The Second Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1936 and 1947. It was formed in March 1936 after the state council election and it ended in June 1947 with dissolution of the 2nd State Council. The Board of Ministers consisted of ten members, three ex-officio British officials (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Legal Secretary) and the chairmen of the State Council's seven executive committees.^[1][2] The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.^[3]

Second Board of Ministers
23rd Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formed	March 1936
Date dissolved	June 1947
People and organisations
Head of state	Edward VIII George VI
Head of government	Guy Stanley Wodeman (1940–42) Robert Drayton
Deputy head of government	Don Baron Jayatilaka (1936–42) D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)
Ministers removed	5
Total no. of members	15
History
Election	1936
Outgoing election	1947
Legislature term	2nd
Predecessor	First Board of Ministers
Successor	D. S. Senanayake cabinet

Members

Minister	Office	Took office	Left office
Guy Stanley Wodeman	Chief Secretary	1940	1942
Robert Drayton	Chief Secretary[4][5]	1942	1947
Robert Drayton	Legal Secretary[4][6]	1940	1942
Barclay Nihill	Legal Secretary[4]	1942	1946
H. J. Huxham	Financial Secretary[7]
Oliver Goonetilleke	Financial Secretary[8][9]	1945
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Minister of Local Administration	1936	1947
Claude Corea	Minister of Labour, Industry & Commerce	1936	1947
W. A. de Silva	Minister of Health	1936	1947
Don Baron Jayatilaka	Minister of Home Affairs	1936	1942
C. W. W. Kannangara	Minister of Education	1936	1947
John Kotelawala	Minister of Communications & Works	1936	1947
Arunachalam Mahadeva	Minister of Home Affairs	1942	1947
D. S. Senanayake	Minister of Agriculture & Lands	1936	1946
Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Agriculture & Lands	1946	1947