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Sir Gerard Wijeyekoon (5 May 1878 – 21 September 1952) was a Ceylonese lawyer and a politician. He was the first President of the Senate of Ceylon.

Born Abraham Charles Gerard Wijeyekoon, he was educated at Wesley College, Colombo and Royal College, Colombo he became an advocate of the Supreme Court in 1902. He served as a Crown Counsel, Magistrate and District Judge and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1921 from the Central Province. He was knighted as a Knights bachelor in the 1941 New Year Honours list, for public services in Ceylon.

His sons were both Oxford educated lawyers. The eldest Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon was the second Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army and the youngest Neville Wijeyekoon was the founding Chairman of the Ceylon Ceramic Corporation.

References

1. "Susan de Silva: Feminist Rebel and Pioneer Leftist". Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
2. United Kingdom and British Empire: "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. pp. 1–33.
3. Soldier, lawyer and diplomat Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Daily News, Retrieved on 21 July 2011.
4. Tribute to Neville Wijeyekoon on his death anniversary

v t e ← Members of the 1921 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1921 (1921)–1924) →
President: William Manning (1921–25) Vice President: (1921–1924)
Ex offico Members (5)	General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest Garvin Controller of Revenue Benjamin Horsbourgh Edward Bruce Alexander Colonial Treasurer Bernard Senior Wilfred Wentworth Woods
Nominated Members (13)	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
Elected Members (17)	Territorial (11) 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 Communal (6) 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

v t e ← Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1924 (1924)–1931) →
President: Hugh Clifford (1924–27); Murchison Fletcher (1927–28); Herbert Stanley (1928–31); Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1931); Graeme Thomson (1931) Vice President: James Peiris (1924–1930); Don Baron Jayatilaka (1930–31)
Ex offico Members (5)	General Officer Commanding the Troops Harold Higginson Colonial Secretary Cecil Clementi Murchison Fletcher Edward Bruce Alexander Attorney General Lancelot Elphinstone Controller of Revenue Edward Bruce Alexander Walter Ernest Wait Colonial Treasurer Wilfrid Wentworth Woods
Nominated Members (10)	Official Members (7) Frank Arthur Stockdale Lachlan Macrae John Strachan James Frederick Edmund Bridger Francis Graeme Tyrrell Thomas Reid Maas Thajoon Akbar Unofficial Members (3) Hermann Albert Loos Gerard Wijeyekoon Kadiravalepillai Balasingham
Elected Members (34)	Territorial (24) Colombo Town (North) (1) Victor Corea Colombo Town (South) (1) James Peiris Colombo District (1) Don Baron Jayatilaka Negombo District (1) D. S. Senanayake Kalutara Revenue District (1) E. W. Perera Western Province (Ceylon Tamil) (1) Arunachalam Mahadeva Central Province (Urban) (1) Gerard Wijeyekoon Central Province (Rural) (1) George E. de Silva Northern Province (Northern) (1) Ponnambalam Ramanathan Northern Province (Southern) (1) A. Canagaratnam Northern Province (Eastern) (1) T. M. Sabaratnam (from 19 Feb. 1925) Northern Province (Western) (1) Waithilingam Duraiswamy Northern Province (Central) (1) Suppiramaniam Rajaratnam Southern Province (Eastern) (1) V. S. de S. Wikramanayake Southern Province (Central) (1) Forester Augustus Obeyesekere Southern Province (Western) (1) C. W. W. Kannangara Trincomalee Revenue District (1) M. M. Subramaniam Batticaloa Revenue District (1) E. R. Tambimuttu North Western Province (Western Division) (1) C. H. Z. Fernando North Western Province (Eastern Division) (1) Godfrey Edward Madawala North Central Province (1) H. R. Freeman Province of Uva (1) Henry Kotelawala Kegalla Revenue District (1) Alexander Francis Molamure Ratnapura Revenue District (1) Arthur Hamilton Ekneligoda Molamure Communal (10) European (Urban) (1) Unfinished European (Rural) (1) Unfinished Commercial (1) Unfinished Burgher (2) George Alfred Henry Wille Nathaniel John Martin Muhammadan (3) Mohamed Macan Markar N. H. M. Abdul Cader T. B. Jayah Indian (2) I. X. Pereira S. R. Muhammad Sultan K. Natesa Iyer (from 11 Dec. 1925) Unknown Thomas Yates Wright Edwin James Hayward William Loring Kindersley Thomas Southorn (until 1925) George Thornton Alfred Henry Frank Clarke (from 26 Nov. 1924) W. A. de Silva (from 19 Feb. 1925) Punchi Banda Rambukwelle (from 19 Feb. 1925) Thomas Lister Villiers (from 19 Nov. 1925) Neill Graeme Campbell (from Mar. 1926)

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