P. P. Jayawardena

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Paulis Peiris Jayawardena (16 September 1898 – ?) was a Ceylonese politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2357|title=Hon. Jayawardena, Paulis Peiris, M.P.|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|access-date=26 October 2017}}{{cite book|title=Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972|author=Jātika Rājya Sabhāva. Pustakālaya|publisher=National State Assembly Library|date=1972|page=75}}

Jaywardena served as the chairman of the Gampaha Urban Council, following its formation in January 1945.{{cite book|title=Ceylon Sessional Papers, Issue 13|publisher=Government Press|date=1952|page=25}}{{cite book|title=S.D. and the Family Roots in Sri Lankan Politics|author1=Wickramasinghe, Somasiri|author2=Wickramasinghe, Nimal|date=2005|page=xiv|publisher=Somasiri Wickramasinghe |isbn=9789559916611}}

Jayawardena was elected to parliament, representing the United National Party (UNP), following a parliamentary by-election in July 1949, in the Gampaha electorate.{{cite journal|journal=University of Ceylon Review|date=1948|volume=6|publisher=University of Ceylon|page=169}} He secured 18,653 votes (60% of the total vote), 12,026 votes ahead of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate, C. A. Mathew, who received 6,627 votes (21% of the total vote).{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/elections1947-1988.pdf|title=Results of the Parliament By Elections held between 1947 – 1988|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=26 October 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book|title=Revolutionary trails, Edmund Samarakkody: a political profile|author=Perera, T|publisher=Social Scientists' Association|date=2001|page=87|isbn=9789559102809}}