Manuel Bart Herrera

Biography He completed his secondary studies at the Liceos of Concepción and Talca.

He married Nolfa Anabalón Venegas in Temuco in 1931, with whom he had four children. In a second marriage, he married Lorenza Antipán Cheuquellanca in Cautín on 2 June 1962.

Political career He joined the Unión Social Republicana de Asalariados de Chile, becoming one of its principal organizers in 1925.

He was elected as a deputy for Concepción, Talcahuano and Coelemu for the 1925–1930 term, serving on the Education Commission.

In 1931 he became one of the founders of the Agrarian Party. He was elected deputy for Temuco, Imperial and Villarrica for the 1932–1937 term, serving on the Finance; Agriculture and Colonization Commissions.

Re-elected for 1937–1941, he served on the Economy and Trade Commission.

Again elected for 1941–1945, he sat on the Finance and Interior Government Commissions.

He joined the Agrarian Labor Party in 1945. He was elected deputy again for the 1953–1957 term for the same district, serving on the Agriculture and Colonization Commission.

In 1954, the faction he led within the party —the «Recuperacionista» group— opposed the official leadership headed by Rafael Tarud and reorganized independently.

In August 1956, he entered the National Party, joining its leadership and supporting the presidential candidacy of Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (1958).