Eduardo Videla
Eduardo Videla Correas (1845 – 1908) was a Chilean politician, lawyer and farmer affiliated with the Liberal Doctrinary Party.
He served as Deputy of the Republic for four consecutive legislative periods between 1891 and 1903, representing San Felipe and Los Andes, and later San Felipe, Los Andes and Putaendo.
Biography
Videla was born in 1845, the son of Francisco Javier Videla Gómez and Nazaria Correas Espíndola. He married Elvira de la Lastra Luco on 6 April 1868; they had children.
He studied law at the University of Chile and qualified as a lawyer on 12 December 1867. He practiced law before later devoting himself to agriculture on his rural properties.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Doctrinario Party, Videla was elected Deputy for San Felipe and Los Andes for the 1891–1894 legislative period. During this term, he served on the Elections and Petitions Committee and the Education and Charity Committee.
He was subsequently elected Deputy for San Felipe, Los Andes and Putaendo for three consecutive terms, serving from 1894 to 1897, 1897 to 1900 and 1900 to 1903. During his parliamentary service, he was a member of the Finance and Industry Committee, the Internal Police Committee and the Government Committee.
Videla served as President of the Chamber of Deputies on 3 August 1895 and again from 10 May to 14 November 1902. He was also a member of a commission charged with reporting on a proposed reform of the regulations of the 1897 Organic Law of Municipalities.