{{Short description|Chilean politician (1888–1972)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Luis Cabrera Ferrada | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1888|6|21}} | birth_place = Curicó, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1972|9|10|1888|6|21}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 11th Departamental Group | term_start = 15 May 1937 | term_end = 15 May 1949 | constituency1 = 24th Departamental Group | term_start1 = 1 March 1926 | term_end1 = 15 May 1932 | alma_mater = University of Chile (LL.B) | occupation = Lawyer; Politician | party = {{Unbulleted list|Conservative Party (1922–1952)|National Christian Party (1952–1958)|Social Christian Conservative Party (1958–1966)|National Party (1966–1972)}} | spouse = Modesta Gutiérrez Magnan }}
'''Luis Cabrera Ferrada''' (21 June 1888 – 10 September 1972) was a Chilean lawyer and conservative politician who served multiple terms as Deputy between 1926 and 1949.<ref name="BCN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Ferrada|title=Reseñas Parlamentarias – Luis Cabrera Ferrada|website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile|access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>
==Biography== He was the son of Efraín Cabrera Muñoz and Mercedes Ferrada Rojas, and married Modesta Gutiérrez Magnan in 1931.
He was educated at the Seminary of Talca and later moved to Santiago, where he studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Universidad de Chile, graduating as a lawyer with a thesis titled ''Acciones posesorias''.<ref name="BCN"/>
He dedicated himself to agricultural work on his estate “Los Alisos” in Curicó and later at “Palermo” in Calera de Tango.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political Activities == He joined the Conservative Party in 1930, serving as secretary of its departmental board in Santiago.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was elected Deputy for the 24th Departamental Group (Ancud, Quinchao and Castro) for the 1926–1930 term, sitting on the Committee on Industry and Commerce. He was re-elected for the Congreso Termal (1930–1934), which was dissolved after the Socialist Revolution of June 1932.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was later elected Deputy for the 11th Departamental Group (Curicó and Mataquito) for the 1937–1941 term, serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. He was re-elected for 1941–1945 and 1945–1949, participating in the Committees on Internal Government and on Roads and Public Works.<ref name="BCN"/>
During his time in Congress, he promoted increased navigation in the southern seas, believing this would improve the socioeconomic conditions of the Chiloé region.<ref name="BCN"/>
After leaving the Conservative Party, he joined the National Christian Party in 1952, becoming its national president and vice president. In 1957 the party changed its name to Social Christian Conservative Party, where he served as president of its executive board until its integration into the United Conservative Party in August 1959.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was founder, director and president of the Centro “Carlos Walker Martínez”.<ref name="BCN"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Castillo Infante, Fernando. ''Diccionario Histórico y Biográfico de Chile''. Editorial Zig-Zag, Santiago, 1996. * Urzúa Valenzuela, Germán. ''Historia Política de Chile y su Evolución Electoral desde 1810 a 1992''. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, Santiago, 1992.
== External links == * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Ferrada BCN Profile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional]
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