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Florence Senanayake
Daisy Maria Florence Senanayake (née Mendis) (19 June 1903 - 3 December 1988) was the first female Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).
Daisy Maria Florence Mendis was born on 19 June 1903 into a family of eight children in Rawatawatta, Moratuwa. Her father, K. E. Mendis, was a planter. She was educated at the Princess of Wales' College, Colombo.
In 1925 she married Reginald S. Vincent Senanayke (1898-1946), a founding member of
Senanayake
Senanayake or Senanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Charith Senanayake (born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
- D. S. Senanayake (1884–1952), Ceylonese politician
- Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973), Ceylonese politician
- E. L. Senanayake (born 1920), Sri Lankan politician
- Edirisinghe Senanayake (born 1970), Sri Lankan shooter
- Florence Senanayake, Ceylonese politician
- Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- G. B. Senanayake