Elías Montecinos Matus

Elías Montecinos Matus (30 June 1881 – 3 April 1942) was a Chilean lawyer and parliamentarian who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the early 1940s.

Biography Montecinos Matus was born in Linares, Chile, on 30 June 1881. He was the son of Juan de Dios Montecinos Berríos and María Matus Rodríguez.

He studied law at the University of Chile Faculty of Law, qualifying as a lawyer in 1909. He subsequently practiced law privately for several years.

He married Enriqueta Bernier Martínez in 1910.

Montecinos Matus died in Santiago on 3 April 1942, while in office as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Political career A member of the Radical Party, Montecinos Matus served as legal adviser to the Municipality of Imperial between 1928 and 1933. He later held the position of Secretary of the Governorate of Temuco from 1935 to 1937.

He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departmental Group —Temuco, Imperial and Villarrica— for the 1941–1945 legislative period. During his brief parliamentary tenure, he served on the Standing Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.

Following his death in April 1942, a complementary election was held to fill the vacant seat. Radical Party candidate Federico Brito defeated Liberal Party candidate Juan Silva Pinto and formally assumed office on 1 July 1942.