Jorge Aspée

Jorge Aspée Rodríguez (14 August 1901 – 27 March 1980) was a Chilean politician and trade union leader affiliated with the Radical Party. He served as Deputy of the Republic for the 6th Departmental Grouping – Valparaíso and Quillota – during the legislative period 1961–1965.

Biography Aspée was born in Valparaíso on 14 August 1901, the son of Humberto Aspée and Guadalupe Rodríguez. He married Julia Labraña Lara in Santiago on 14 August 1926, with whom he had two children.

He worked for the State Railways Company from 1920 to 1950 and became a prominent railway union leader. He also served as councillor of the Pension and Social Welfare Fund of the Railways.

Political career A member of the Radical Party, Aspée served as councilman of Valparaíso in the periods 1950–1954, 1956–1960, and 1960–1961. He was later elected Deputy of the Republic for the 6th Departmental Grouping “Valparaíso and Quillota” for the legislative period 1961–1965. During his tenure he sat as substitute member on the Permanent Commissions of Government and Interior, Public Education, and National Defense, and as full member of the Agriculture and Colonization Committee.

Later life Aspée was a member of the Grand Mixed Masonic Lodge of Chile and was actively involved in numerous social and mutual aid organizations, including the Patriotic and Mutualist Society Sallés, the School Assistance and Scholarship Board, the Society for Women's Education and Work, the Provincial Association of Retirees and Widows, the Workers’ League, and the Unión del Hogar Society. He was also named honorary member of the Miguel Ángel Neighborhood Council.

He died in Valparaíso on 27 March 1980.