Félix Calderón

Félix Alberto Calderón Barrientos (31 March 1905 – 25 August 1963) was a Chilean lawyer and parliamentarian who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1945 and 1949.

Biography Calderón Barrientos was born in Osorno, Chile, on 31 March 1905. He was the son of Alberto Calderón Contreras and Armelinda Barrientos Montalva.

He completed his secondary education at the lyceums of Osorno and Talca, and later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 9 September 1930. His thesis was entitled Del beneficio de separación.

He practiced law in Osorno, where he served as legal counsel to the Compañía Cervecerías Unidas. He was also a councillor of the Agricultural and Livestock Society of Osorno (SAGO), the Zona Sur Insurance Company, and the Institute of Agricultural Economics between 1951 and 1952. He later served as vice president of the board of the Banco Osorno y La Unión.

He married María Eugenia Salinas Arriagada in Santiago on 21 October 1948.

Calderón Barrientos died in Santiago on 25 August 1963.

Political career Calderón Barrientos was a member of the Radical Party. He served as provincial president of the Radical Assembly in Osorno and was a delegate to several party conventions.

He was elected Deputy for the 23rd Departmental Group —Osorno and Río Negro— for the 1945–1949 legislative term. During his tenure, he served as a replacement member of the Standing Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice, and as a full member of the Standing Committee on Economy and Commerce.