Legislative body of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) from 1931 to 1948
State Council of Ceylon
British Ceylon
Type
Type
Unicameral
History
Established
1931
Disbanded
1947
Preceded by
Legislative Council of Ceylon
Succeeded by
Parliament of Ceylon
Seats
58
Elections
Last election
1936 Ceylonese State Council election
Meeting place
The State Council building in Galle Face Green, Colombo. The building was used by the State Council's successors (the House of Representatives of Ceylon, National State Assembly, and Parliament of Sri Lanka) until 1982. Today it is known as the Old Parliament Building and houses the Presidential Secretariat.
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The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It replaced the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the colony's original legislative body.
There were only two State Councils: the First, elected in 1931, and the Second, elected in 1936. The 1947 Soulbury Constitution replaced the State Council with the Parliament of Ceylon, as part of a process of constitutional development leading up to independence, which took place on 4 February 1948.
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