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 and the chairmen of the State Council's seven executive committees. The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.

Members

MinisterOfficeTook officeLeft office
Guy Stanley WodemanChief Secretary19401942
Robert DraytonChief Secretary1942
H. S. HuxhamFinancial Secretary
Oliver GoonetillekeFinancial Secretary1945
Robert DraytonLegal Secretary1942
Barclay NihillLegal Secretary1942
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Local Administration19361947
Claude CoreaMinister of Labour, Industry & Commerce19361947
W. A. de SilvaMinister of Health19361947
Don Baron JayatilakaMinister of Home Affairs19361942
C. W. W. KannangaraMinister of Education19361947
John KotelawalaMinister of Communications & Works19361947
Arunachalam MahadevaMinister of Home Affairs19421947
D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Agriculture & Lands19361946
Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Agriculture & Lands19461947