Joaquín Walker
Joaquín Walker Larraín (born 11 November 1883) was a Chilean politician and agronomist who served as deputy of the Republic.
Biography
Walker Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile, on 11 November 1883. He was the son of Joaquín Walker Martínez and Elisa Larraín Alcalde.
He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio, the Seminary of Santiago, and later at the Maryland Agricultural College in the United States, where he qualified as an agronomist.
He devoted himself to agricultural activities, operating the estates Santa Elisa in Mallarauco and Loma Blanca in Maipú. He served as a professor in the Agronomy program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and collaborated with the press on agricultural topics.
He married Teresa Riesco Errázuriz, with whom he had two children.
Political career
Walker Larraín was a member of the Conservative Party. He served as mayor of the municipalities of Ñuñoa and Maipú.
He was elected Deputy for the Seventh Departmental Grouping (Santiago), Second District, for the 1933–1937 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Public Education.
He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1937–1941 legislative period. During this term, he served as substitute member of the Standing Committee on Public Education and was a member of the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Colonization and on Internal Police.
Other activities
He was a member of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA), the Club de la Unión, and the Board of the Archbishopric's Pro Olla del Pobre charity.