Galvarino Ponce

Galvarino Ponce Arellano (c. 1880 – April 1948) was a Chilean dentist, agriculturalist and politician. He served as a deputy representing the Thirteenth Departamental Circumscription of Constitución, Chanco, Cauquenes and Itata during the 1930–1934 legislative period.

Ponce served as director of the Revista Odontológica de Chile until 1920 and in 1927 became director of the magazine Comuna y Hogar. He was a member of the 6th Fire Company of Santiago, where he attained the rank of captain.

He later served as intendant of Antofagasta, appointed on 13 July 1945, and resigned on 22 July 1946. He died in San Bernardo, Chile, in April 1948.

Biography Ponce was born around 1880, the son of Manuel Antonio Ponce and Sinforosa Arellano. He married Inés Morel in Cauquenes in 1920, and the couple had six children, including the sculptor and diplomat Galvarino Ponce Morel.

He studied dentistry and qualified as a dentist.

He practiced his profession until 1920 and also engaged in agricultural activities. Between 1920 and 1927 he administered the estate San Miguel of the Morel Hescketh community in the Cauquenes area.

Political career Ponce was a member of the Radical Party.

He served as mayor of Cauquenes from 1926 to 1927.

He was elected deputy for the Thirteenth Departamental Circumscription of Constitución, Chanco, Cauquenes and Itata for the 1930–1934 legislative period. During his tenure he served on the Permanent Commission on Interior Government.

The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.