{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Manuel Bart | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1886|12|16}} | birth_place = Arauco, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1962|11|08|1886|12|16}} | death_place = Temuco, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 21st Departamental Grouping | term_start = 15 May 1953 | term_end = 15 May 1957 | constituency1 = 21st Departamental Grouping | term_start1 = 15 May 1932 | term_end1 = 15 May 1945 | term_start2 = 15 May 1926 | term_end2 = 15 May 1930 | constituency2 = 16th Departamental Grouping | occupation = Politician | party = {{Unbulleted list|Unión Social Republicana de Asalariados de Chile<br/>(1925–1931)|Agrarian Party<br/>(1931–1945)|Agrarian Labor Party<br/>(1945–1956)|National Party<br/>(1956–1958)}} | spouse = Nolfa Anabalón Venegas (m. 1931–1960); Lorena Antipán Cheuquellanca (m. 1962) | parents = Manuel Bart Rubio<ref name="FS">{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KR92-71C |title=Entry for Manuel Jesús Bart Herrera – Chile, Civil Registry (1880–1933) |website=FamilySearch |access-date=24 November 2025}}</ref><br/>Delia Herrera Concha<ref name="FS"/> | alma_mater = Liceos of Concepción and Talca }} '''Manuel Bart Herrera''' (16 December 1886 – 8 November 1962) was a Chilean politician who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Manuel_Bart_Herrera|title=Manuel Bart Herrera ― Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias|publisher=Library of the National Congress of Chile|accessdate=24 November 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == He completed his secondary studies at the Liceos of Concepción and Talca.<ref name="FS"/>

He married Nolfa Anabalón Venegas in Temuco in 1931, with whom he had four children. In a second marriage, he married Lorenza Antipán Cheuquellanca in Cautín on 2 June 1962.<ref name="FS"/>

== Political career == He joined the Unión Social Republicana de Asalariados de Chile, becoming one of its principal organizers in 1925.<ref name="FS"/>

He was elected as a deputy for Concepción, Talcahuano and Coelemu for the 1925–1930 term, serving on the Education Commission.<ref name="FS"/>

In 1931 he became one of the founders of the Agrarian Party. He was elected deputy for Temuco, Imperial and Villarrica for the 1932–1937 term, serving on the Finance; Agriculture and Colonization Commissions.<ref name="FS"/>

Re-elected for 1937–1941, he served on the Economy and Trade Commission.<ref name="FS"/>

Again elected for 1941–1945, he sat on the Finance and Interior Government Commissions.<ref name="FS"/>

He joined the Agrarian Labor Party in 1945. He was elected deputy again for the 1953–1957 term for the same district, serving on the Agriculture and Colonization Commission.<ref name="FS"/>

In 1954, the faction he led within the party —the «Recuperacionista» group— opposed the official leadership headed by Rafael Tarud and reorganized independently.<ref name="FS"/>

In August 1956, he entered the National Party, joining its leadership and supporting the presidential candidacy of Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (1958).<ref name="FS"/>

== Bibliography == * "Chile, Registro Civil, 1880–1933", FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KR92-71C * Ramón Folch, Armando de. ''Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial''. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, vol. II, 2nd ed., 1999. * Valencia Aravia, Luis. ''Anales de la República''. Editorial Andrés Bello, 2nd ed., 1986. * Urzúa Valenzuela, Germán. ''Historia Política de Chile y su Evolución Electoral desde 1810 a 1992''. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 3rd ed., 1992.

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