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'''Wijewardena Seneviratne Panditha Abeykoon Bandaranayake Wahala Mudiyanselage Harris Leuke Ratwatte<!-- * Page 34 of Ferguson's Ceylon Directory 1947 / Reference: http://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/fergusons-directory/1949-fergusons-ceylon-directory/pdf/viewer.php -->''' (known as ''Harris Leuke Ratwatte'') (1900[[Member -of 1964the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (1900–1964) was a [[Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] legislator. He was a member of the [[State Council of Ceylon]], [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]] and the [[Senate of Ceylon]]. Ratwatte was award the title of [[Dissawa]] by the [[British Governor of Ceylon]] and was elected as the [[Diyawadana Nilame]] of [[Temple of the Tooth|Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy]].<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.divaina.com/2011/06/06/mano04.html |title=ශ්‍රී ල.නි.ප.ය තරගකර දිනූ මුල්ම ආසනය] |access-date=2013-07-22 |archive-date=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811205234/http://www.divaina.com/2011/06/06/mano04.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Anuruddha Ratwatte's political biography ({{ISBN|978-955-20-9966-3}}) by Godage International Publishers, Maradana Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.</ref><ref>[http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/11/24/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-former-deputy-minister-defense-general-anuruddha-ratwatte-has-passed-awa Sri Lanka’sLanka's former Deputy Minister of Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte has passed away]</ref>

In 1933 he became the Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devale of Kandy and the Maha Vishnu Devale of Kandy. He was elected to the State Council in 1936 from [[Kegalle]] and held the seat tilluntil 1947. From 1940 to 1942 he was a member of the [[Kandy Municipal Council]]. In 1948 he was elected to the House of Representatives from [[Mawanella]] and held the seat tilluntil 1952. In 1955 he was elected to the Senate. He was elected to the post of [[Diyawadana Nilame]] of the Sri Dalada Maligawa in 1961 and held the post tilluntil his death in 1964.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3060.html Venerated post for dignified man Harris Leuke Ratwatte]</ref>

Harris Leuke Ratwatte married Mallika Katugaha Kumarihamy, daughter of Katugaha Bandaranayake Herath Mudiyanse Punchi Bandara, acting [[Rate Mahatmaya]] of Yatikinda. Harris Ratwatte and his Kumarihamy had nine children: Ryan, Ivy, Dennis, Chintha, Preeni, [[Anuruddha Ratwatte|Anuruddha]], Ranji, Samudhra & Mangalika. His son [[Anuruddha Ratwatte|General Anuruddha Ratwatte]] was a Cabinet Minister. His grandson [[Lohan Ratwatte|Lohan]] is the Member of Parliament representing the Kandy District and another grandson, [[Mahendra Ratwatte|Mahendra]] was <!-- Reference in Sinhala: http://www.ada.lk/article/127027/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94-%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%9A-%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A-%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9A-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD --> a former [[Mayormayor of Kandy]].<ref>[http://www.dailymirror.lk/96057/mahendra-ratwatte-resigns-as-mayor-of-kandy Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy]. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 19 November 2015.</ref><!-- Reference: (A) http://www.sundaytimes.lk/050911/plus/appreciation.html (B) http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020317/newsm.html --><!-- Reference: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/050911/plus/appreciation.html -->