Eudocio Rivas Roa

Eudocio Rivas Roa (12 August 1889 – 29 December 1977) was a Chilean lawyer and Radical Party politician. He served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the province of Arauco in two non-consecutive periods between 1930 and 1945.

Biography Rivas Roa was born in Lanalhue, Arauco Province, on 12 August 1889, the son of Abdón Rivas Navarrete and Nieves Roa Repol. He married Marta Boggiano Godoy and later María Encarnación Roach Vergara.

He completed his secondary education at the Colegio Hispanoamericano and the Liceo of Concepción. He studied law at the University of Concepción and the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in 1915 with a thesis on the annulment of marriage.

He practiced law in Concepción and Cañete. He also worked as Secretary of the Cañete Court (1917–1920 and 1926–1930) and served as Governor of Arauco Province between 1921 and 1924.

Political career A member of the Radical Party since 1909, Rivas Roa held leadership roles within the party, including Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Radical Assembly of Cañete.

He was elected Deputy for the 18th Departmental Group —Arauco, Lebu and Cañete— for the 1930–1934 term, serving on the Constitutional Reform Committee. His term ended prematurely following the dissolution of Congress during the socialist uprising of July 1932.

During the parliamentary recess he focused on his professional and agricultural activities, managing his estate “El Natri” near Lanalhue. He later served as Governor of Cañete Province between 1938 and 1940.

Rivas Roa was re-elected Deputy for the same constituency for the 1941–1945 term, serving on the standing committees on Finance and on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.

Other activities He served as Provincial Inspector of the Arauco Statistics Office between 1952 and 1956. He also founded the Radical Club of Cañete, organized the Club of Friends of Arauco in Santiago, and held leadership roles in the Rotary Club and other social organizations.