Leoncio Echeverría
Leoncio Echeverría Valdés (1840 – August 1912) was a Chilean politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as a senator for Colchagua Province.
A member of the Conservative Party, Echeverría represented San Fernando in the Chamber of Deputies before serving in the Senate from 1894 to 1903.
Early life
Echeverría was born in 1840 to José Rafael Echeverría Pérez Cotapos and Dolores Valdés Aldunate. He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones.
He married Leonor Carvallo Ureta, with whom he had four children.
Echeverría also held positions in public administration and finance. He served as a special government delegate to the State Railways from 5 September to 28 October 1891 and became a member of its council in 1892. In 1902, he served as a councillor of the Banco Hipotecario de Chile.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Echeverría remained neutral during the 1891 Chilean Civil War.
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for San Fernando for the 1891–1894 parliamentary period. During his term, he served on the permanent committee for government and foreign relations.
In 1894, Echeverría entered the Senate as senator for Colchagua Province. He was elected for a three-year term following an agreement adopted by the Senate on 1 September 1893. During this period, he served as a substitute member of the permanent committee for constitution, legislation and justice.
Echeverría was subsequently elected senator for Colchagua for the 1897–1903 term. He served on the permanent committee for education and charity and was a member of the Conservative Commission during the 1901–1902 congressional recess.
Echeverría died in Santiago in August 1912 and was buried on 16 August.