José Alberto Echeverría

José Alberto Echeverría Moorhouse (28 November 1900 – 29 August 1948) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist and conservative politician.

Biography Echeverría Moorhouse was born in Santiago, Chile, on 28 November 1900. He was the son of Guillermo Echeverría Montes and Ana Moorhouse Castillo.

He studied at the Seminary of Santiago and later at the Faculties of Law of the Catholic University and the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 29 November 1926, with a thesis entitled Porción conyugal.

He practiced law professionally and also worked as a journalist. From 1919, he served as a reporter for the newspaper La Unión of Santiago, and later collaborated with Diario Ilustrado and the magazines Zig Zag and Pacífico Magazine.

He married Gabriela Duco Dunoguier in Santiago in 1942, with whom he had three daughters, including Gabriela and Gloria.

Political career Echeverría Moorhouse was a member of the Conservative Party. In 1929, he organized and presided over the Conservative Assembly in Santiago. He was also a member of the Neighborhood Board of Santiago, appointed during the governments of Oyanedel and Arturo Alessandri.

Between 1925 and 1928, he lived in exile in Ecuador. He later served as a municipal councillor of San Felipe from 1938 to 1941.

He was elected Deputy for the 5th Departmental Group —San Felipe, Petorca and Los Andes— for the 1945–1948 term. During his parliamentary service, he sat on the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Roads and Public Works; and Labour and Social Legislation.

He was the author of the legislative bill establishing the Municipal Literature Awards and, together with Deputy Germán Domínguez, co-sponsored the bill creating the Family Wage law.

Echeverría Moorhouse died in Santiago on 29 August 1948.