T. F. Jayawardena

Major Theodore Frederick "Freddy" Jayewardene (25 March 1911 – ?) was a Ceylonese a planter and a politician. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Labour and Member of Parliament for Colombo South from 1948 to 1956.

Born to Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene and Lena Jayewardene née Attygalle, daughter of Mudaliyar Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle, Jayewardene. His cousin Junius Richard Jayewardene became the President of Sri Lanka.Jayewardene married Philis née Gunesekera, and their daughter Thileka married Cecil Waidyaratne, who became a General and the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army.

Jayewardene who became a planter, businessmen, and rural sociologist. Early on in his youth, he joined the Ceylon Defence Force as a reservist and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry in 1933.. Reaching the rank of Major, he saw active service in the World War II.

A founding member of the United National Party, Jayewardene was first elected to parliament in 1948, as a result of a by-election in the Colombo South electorate in November that year, following the dismissal of the sitting member, Reginald Abraham de Mel. He represented the United National Party and secured 5,997 votes (39% of the total vote) against the independent candidate P. Saravanamuttu. Jayewardena was re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, where he received 10,918 votes (59% of the total vote) and 5,180 votes clear of his nearest rival. Jayewardena was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Labour in the First Dudley Senanayake cabinet. He lost the seat of Colombo South at the 3rd parliamentary election, held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, losing to the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate, Bernard Soysa by 5,044 votes.