Arturo Urzúa Rojas
Arturo Urzúa Rojas (1857 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer, agriculturalist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Urzúa represented Rancagua, Cachapoal and Maipo from 1909 to 1915. During his first term, he served as a substitute member of the Permanent Commissions of Elections and Industry. Following his reelection for the 1912–1915 term, he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Elections.
He also served on the Mixed Budget Commission and the Conservative Commission. His parliamentary activity included promoting the installation of drinking water systems in Buin and Maipo and supporting the construction of the Las Cabras railway.
Biography
Urzúa was born in Vichuquén in 1857, the son of Roque Francisco Urzúa Elizondo and Pilar Rojas Cardemil. He studied at the Liceo de Curicó, the Instituto Nacional and Colegio de San Luis before studying law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in May 1879.
In 1882, he was elected mayor of Curicó. He was appointed defender of minors in Curicó in 1885 and later served as judge in Putaendo and Caupolicán. Following the Chilean Civil War of 1891, he served as fiscal prosecutor of the Treasury in Santiago. He later returned to judicial service as a substitute judge in Curicó and San Felipe before leaving the judiciary in 1903 to devote himself to agriculture.
Urzúa represented the Liberal Democratic Party at its 1896 convention and later attended the 1920 Presidential Convention as a member of the party. He also served as interim professor of Geography, Ancient History and Roman History at the Liceo de Curicó in 1882.
He married Amalia Lavín Urzúa in Santiago on 10 January 1880, and they had children.