Luis Cabrera Ferrada

Luis Cabrera Ferrada was a Chilean lawyer and conservative politician who served multiple terms as Deputy between 1926 and 1949.

Biography

He was the son of Efraín Cabrera Muñoz and Mercedes Ferrada Rojas, and married Modesta Gutiérrez Magnan in 1931.
He was educated at the Seminary of Talca and later moved to Santiago, where he studied Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Universidad de Chile, graduating as a lawyer with a thesis titled Acciones posesorias.
He dedicated himself to agricultural work on his estate “Los Alisos” in Curicó and later at “Palermo” in Calera de Tango.

Political Activities

He joined the Conservative Party in 1930, serving as secretary of its departmental board in Santiago.
He was elected Deputy for the 24th Departamental Group for the 1926–1930 term, sitting on the Committee on Industry and Commerce. He was re-elected for the Congreso Termal, which was dissolved after the Socialist Revolution of June 1932.
He was later elected Deputy for the 11th Departamental Group for the 1937–1941 term, serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. He was re-elected for 1941–1945 and 1945–1949, participating in the Committees on Internal Government and on Roads and Public Works.
During his time in Congress, he promoted increased navigation in the southern seas, believing this would improve the socioeconomic conditions of the Chiloé region.
After leaving the Conservative Party, he joined the National Christian Party in 1952, becoming its national president and vice president. In 1957 the party changed its name to Social Christian Conservative Party, where he served as president of its Executive Board until its integration into the United Conservative Party in August 1959.
He was founder, director and president of the Centro “Carlos Walker Martínez”.