Jorge Labarca

Jorge Labarca Moreno was a Chilean lawyer and liberal politician.
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Osorno–Río Negro constituency in 1941; however, his mandate was annulled following a ruling by the Electoral Qualification Court, and he did not take office.

Biography

Labarca Moreno was born in Osorno, Chile, on 25 March 1901, the son of Jaime Labarca Manríquez and Rosario Moreno Ogaz.
He completed his secondary education at the Liceo of Osorno and at the San Ignacio College in Santiago. He later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in 1929.
He practiced law in Valparaíso, Concepción and Valdivia.

Political career

A member of the Liberal Party, Labarca Moreno served as municipal councillor of Osorno and later as mayor of the city between 1938 and 1941.
In the 1941 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the Osorno and Río Negro constituency. His election was initially confirmed by the Electoral Qualification Court; however, following challenges related to a technical tie and vote recount, the Court ultimately ruled to exclude him from Congress. As a result, conservative candidate José María Pinedo Goycochea assumed the seat shortly after the beginning of the legislative term.