Godfrey Edward Madawala

Godfrey Edward Madawala (23 June 1878 – September 1932) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the State Council of Ceylon.

His father was Madawala Basnayaka Nilame, who was a notary and landowner; his mother was Ranmenike from Walgama. Madawala was educated at S. Thomas' College and Trinity College Kandy, where he completed his arts examination in 1897, then was admitted as a proctor of the district court of Kurunegala in 1901. Having established his legal practice in Kurunegala, he served as a crown proctor and a unofficial magistrate. He was large landowner, owning the Mahakeliya coconut estate, and hundreds of acres of paddyland in the Kurunegala District. Later he donated his residence, Godfrey Villa to the Maliyadeva College.^[1]

Madawala was elected to the Legislative Council representing the North Western Province- Eastern Division, Narammala in the 1921 Ceylonese Legislative Council election and was re-elected in the 1924 Ceylonese Legislative Council election. He was thereafter elected to the State Council in the 1931 Ceylonese State Council election from North Western Province from the Ceylon Labour Party. He died in office in September 1932 and was succeeded by W. H. de S. Jayasundara.^[1][2][3]

He married Frances Alexandra Elsie, second daughter of C. E. Tennakoon, Rate Mahaththaya of Wanni Hath Paththu. They had three children, one son and two daughters.^[1]

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General Officer Commanding the Troops	Clifford Coffin
Colonial Secretary	Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh
Attorney General	Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest Garvin
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Official Members (9)	John George Fraser Frederick Bowes Harold Thomas Creasy George James Rutherford Edwin Evans Maas Thajoon Akbar Geoffrey Philip Greene Frank Arthur Stockdale Humphrey William Codrington
Unofficial Members (4)	Muhammadan (1) N. H. M. Abdul Cader Kandyan (2) J. H. Meedeniya Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II Indian (1) E. G. Adamaly

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Western Province (Division A) (1) Wilfred Martin Rajapakse Western Province (Division B) (1) E. W. Perera Town of Colombo (1) James Peiris Central Province (1) Gerard Wijeyekoon Northern Province (1) Waithilingam Duraiswamy Southern Province (1) O. C. Tillekeratne Eastern Province (1) E. R. Tambimuttu North Western Province (1) Charles Edgar Corea North Central Province (1) Don Simon Dias Krisnaratne Province of Uva (1) Henry Kotelawala Province of Sabaragamuwa (1) W. E. Boteju

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European (Urban) (1) Unfinished European (Rural) (1) Unfinished Commercial (1) Unfinished Burgher (2) Allan Drieberg Unfinished Low-country Products Association (1) Henry De Mel Unknown Ponnambalam Ramanathan James Thomson Broom Mohamed Macan Markar Arthur Alvis Marcus Fernando James Graeme Sinclair Robert Spencer Philpott Thomas Howard Chapman Edward Bruce Alexander Robert Niemann Thaine