Alberto Ceardi Ferrer

Alberto Jorge Ceardi Ferrer (17 November 1901 – 12 December 1987) was a Chilean lawyer and conservative politician, who served as Deputy for the 6th Departamental Group (Valparaíso and Quillota) between 1941 and 1953.

Biography Ceardi was born in Valparaíso on 17 November 1901, the son of José Guillermo Ceardi Soruco and Amelia Ferrer Arce. He completed his primary and secondary studies at the Seminario de Valparaíso and later studied Law at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in the same city. He was sworn in as lawyer on 9 September 1927 with his thesis Empleados particulares a bordo de naves mercantes.

He married Ana Bories Gutiérrez on 8 September 1929 in Viña del Mar, with whom he had two children.

Career He practiced law for several years and served as secretary at the Intendancy of Valparaíso between 1932 and 1940. In 1936 he was commissioned by the Municipality of Valparaíso to study the organization of popular restaurants in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Political career Originally a member of the Conservative Party, he later joined the Falange Nacional. In the 1941 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the 6th Departamental Group (Valparaíso and Quillota) for the 1941–1945 term. Although initially proclaimed by the Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones, he was separated from office on 11 June 1941 while voting irregularities were resolved; after the repeat vote of 26 August, his election was confirmed. He served as replacement member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.

In the 1945 elections, he was reelected for the 1945–1949 term, serving on the Standing Committees on National Defense and Industry.

He obtained a third consecutive reelection in 1949 for the 1949–1953 legislative period, again joining the Standing Committee on National Defense.

Other activities He was a member of the Colegio de Abogados, of the Club de Viña del Mar, and a member of the football club Everton de Viña del Mar.