C. X. Martyn

Honourable C. X. Martyn MP
சி. சே. மார்ட்டின்
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Jaffna
In office 1970–1977
Preceded by	G. G. Ponnambalam
Succeeded by	V. Yogeswaran
Personal details
Born	14 March 1908
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Cyrillus Xavier Martyn (Tamil: சிரிலஸ் சேவியர் மார்ட்டின்; born 14 March 1908) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Martyn was born on 14 March 1908.^[1]

Martyn stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate in Jaffna at the 1965 parliamentary election but was defeated by the All Ceylon Tamil Congress candidate G. G. Ponnambalam.^[2] He was ITAK's candidate in the constituency at the 1970 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[3] He was expelled from ITAK in 1971 for supporting the new republican constitution.^[4][5]

Martyn contested the 1977 parliamentary election as an independent candidate but was defeated by the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate V. Yogeswaran.^[6] Martyn was a Roman Catholic.^[7]

References

1. "Directory of Past Members: Martyn, Cyrillus Xavier". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
4. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
5. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1994). S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and the Crisis of Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism. C. Hurst & Co. p. 116. ISBN 1-85065-130-2.
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
7. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (2010). Electoral Politics in an Emergent State: The Ceylon General Election of May 1970. Cambridge University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-521-15311-9.