D. B. Herath

Hon.
D. B. Herath
MP
ඩී. බී. හේරත්
தர்மசிறி பண்டார ஹேரத்
State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 August 2020
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Preceded bySalinda Dissanayake
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Member of the North Western Provincial Council
In office
2009–2018
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath

(1956-05-23) 23 May 1956 (age 68)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath (born 23 May 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and state minister.[1]

Herath was born on 23 May 1956.[1] He was a member of the North Western Provincial Council and Minister Agriculture for the North Western Province.[2]

He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Kurunegala District but failed to get elected after coming 10th amongst the UPFA candidates.[3][4][5] However, following the death of Salinda Dissanayake, he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in September 2019.[6][7][8] He was re-elected at the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate.[9][10] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries.[11][12]

Electoral history of D. B. Herath
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2009 provincial[13] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 43,896 Elected
2013 provincial[14] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 60,908 Elected
2015 parliamentary[4] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 42,719 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[10] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 61,954 Elected
2024 parliamentary[15] Kurunegala District New Democratic Front Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: D. B. Herath". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ Wijayaratne, S. M. (16 June 2013). "Wayamba Farmers' Week". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 319A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Other Appointment & c., - Filling of a Vacancy Under Paragraph 13(b) of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2140/01. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 September 2019. p. 1A. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ Weerasinghe, Gayan Kumara (10 September 2019). "D B.Herath gets K'gala UPFA seat". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Three new MPs take oaths before Deputy Speaker". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/43. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. ^ Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020). "newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Preferences Kurunegala" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  14. ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Out with the old: Seasoned politicians fail to make the cut". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 December 2024.


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