Carlos Yrarrázaval
Carlos Yrarrázaval Larraín (3 November 1841 – 1920) was a Chilean lawyer, farmer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as a senator for O'Higgins Province.
A member of the Conservative Party, Yrarrázaval represented several constituencies in the Chamber of Deputies between 1873 and 1897 before serving in the Senate from 1897 to 1909.
Early life
Yrarrázaval was born in Santiago on 3 November 1841 to José Miguel Yrarrázaval Alcalde and Trinidad Larraín Gandarillas. He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones between 1850 and 1854 and later attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 18 October 1865.
He married Nicolasa Correa Blanco in Santiago on 20 December 1877, with whom he had one child. Outside politics, Yrarrázaval practiced law and was involved in agriculture.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Yrarrázaval was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Rancagua, serving from 1873 to 1876.
He returned to the Chamber as deputy for Linares for the 1879–1882 parliamentary period. He subsequently represented La Ligua from 1882 to 1885 and Santiago from 1891 to 1894.
In 1894, Yrarrázaval was elected deputy for Talca, Curepto and Lontué, serving until 1897.
He was subsequently elected to the Senate for O'Higgins Province for the 1897–1903 term. Yrarrázaval was reelected for the same constituency for the 1903–1909 parliamentary period.
Yrarrázaval died in Santiago in 1920.