Nicanor Silva

Nicanor Silva Silva (– September 1937) was a Chilean politician and member of the Radical Party who served as senator of the Republic.

Political career Silva was a member of the Radical Party.

He was elected senator for the 6th Provincial Grouping (Talca, Linares and Maule) for the 1926–1930 legislative period. According to Decree-Law No. 542, issued to implement the transitional provisions of the Chilean Constitution of 1925, senators elected from several groupings—including the sixth—served four-year mandates in order to restore the staggered renewal of the Senate.

During his tenure he served on the Standing Committee on Government.

Although his electoral mandate formally covered the 1926–1930 period, the institutional disruption caused by the 1932 socialist coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.

Death He died in September 1937.