Tomás Chadwick Valdés

Tomás Chadwick Valdés (26 August 1911 – 1997) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, associated with the Socialist Party, later the Unión Socialista Popular, and an independent. He served as senator for Atacama and Coquimbo between 1965 and 1973.

Early life He was born in La Serena on 26 August 1911, the son of Roberto Tomás Chadwick Castro and Adriana Valdés Astaburuaga. He studied law at the University of Chile, graduating in 1939 with the thesis De la naturaleza jurídica del dolo.

He married Rebeca Weinstein Rudoy, with whom he had four children: Mariana, Tomás, Isabel and Roberto.

Political career He joined the Socialist Party of Chile in 1933. He served in the General Council of the Chilean Bar Association between 1936 and 1962. He was elected senator in 1965 for the 2nd Provincial Constituency (Atacama-Coquimbo), serving until 1973.

In 1967 he left the Socialist Party and joined the Socialist Popular Union. In 1970, after suffering hemiplegia, he withdrew from active party leadership and operated as Independent thereafter.

Later years and death After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he remained out of major public political roles, maintaining an independent stance. Tomás Chadwick Valdés died in 1997.