Marco Antonio de la Cuadra

Marco Antonio de la Cuadra Poisson (1890 – 1972) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile between 1924 and 1932.

Biography He was born in 1890, the son of Marco Antonio de la Cuadra Palma and Eugenia Poisson. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, being admitted as a lawyer on 3 May 1912. He subsequently practiced law independently.

In 1918 he was appointed secretary of the Intendancy of Tarapacá. In April 1932, President Juan Esteban Montero appointed him Minister of Development (Ministro de Fomento), a position he held between 8 April and 4 June 1932. Upon accepting the ministry, he resigned his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

Political career He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, later joining the Conservative Party and subsequently the Radical Party.

He was first elected Deputy for Pisagua and Tarapacá for the 1924–1927 period, serving on the Permanent Committees of Government and Social Legislation. Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924 by decree of the Governing Junta.

He was re-elected for the 1926–1930 term for the 1st Departmental Circumscription of Pisagua and Tarapacá, serving on the Permanent Committees of Labor and Social Welfare, and as substitute member of the Committees on Legislation and Justice and on Constitutional Reform and Regulations.

During this period, he sponsored legislation modifying the semi-dry law enforced in northern Chile, restoring the previous regime that allowed the sale and consumption of liquor in certain ports under regulated conditions.

He was again elected for the 1930–1934 term, serving on the Permanent Committee of Finance. The revolutionary movement of 4 June 1932 dissolved Congress on 6 June 1932.