Efraín Urrutia
José Efraín Urrutia Campos (1 January 1890 – 11 September 1974) was a Chilean educator, agricultural producer and politician of the Radical Party. He served as a deputy for the Sixth Departamental Grouping during the 1933–1937 legislative period.
Biography
Urrutia was born in Parral on 1 January 1890, the son of José Urrutia Gatica and Zoraida del Carmen Campos Fuentes. He married Marta Gabriela Ferrada Amigo on 14 November 1942; the couple had six children.
He studied at the Liceo de Concepción and later at the Escuela Normal de Chillán, qualifying as a primary school teacher (profesor normalista) in 1910. He worked as a teacher at the Liceo de Hombres of Viña del Mar.
Alongside his teaching career, he was engaged in agricultural activities, operating the “San Francisco” estate in Parral, and was also involved in livestock commerce. He was a Freemason and a member of the Abasto Guild of Viña del Mar.
Political career
A member of the Radical Party, Urrutia Campos served on the party’s Central Board. He was elected councilor (regidor) of the Municipality of Viña del Mar for the 1924–1927 term.
In the parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for the Sixth Departamental Grouping (Quillota and Valparaíso), serving during the 1933–1937 legislative period. In the Chamber of Deputies, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Education.
He died on 11 September 1974.