Luis Lamas Benavente
Luis Lamas Benavente (died December 1918) was a Chilean newspaper proprietor and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Itata from 1903 to 1909. A member of the Radical Party, he was also active in business and municipal affairs in the Concepción area.
Early life
Lamas was the son of former senator Víctor Lamas Miranda and Mariana Benavente Carvajal-Vargas. His brother, Víctor Lamas Benavente, also served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
He married Ana Cecilia Ibieta, with whom he had children.
In 1901, Lamas became the proprietor of the Concepción newspaper El Sur, where he modernized its machinery and publication system.
He was also a director and president of Banco Concepción and of Club Concepción. In addition, he was a founding member of the Fourth Fire Company of Concepción, joining the organization in 1888.
Political career
A member of the Radical Party, Lamas represented Concepción at the party's first convention in 1888. He was also founder and honorary president of the Radical Assembly of Quirihue.
Lamas was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Itata for the 1903–1906 legislative term and was reelected for the same constituency for the 1906–1909 term. During his first term, he served on the Permanent Elections Committee. During his second, he was a substitute member of the Elections Committee and a member of the Government and Colonization Committee.
He also served as mayor of Penco, as a member of the Concepción Board of Charity and as an administrator of the local cemetery.
Lamas died in December 1918.