José García González (Chilean politician)

José García González (3 March 1907 – 6 October 1967) was a Chilean farmer and politician.^[1]

He was affiliated with the Agrarian Labor Party and later the Christian Democratic Party. He served as Deputy between 1949 and 1953, and as Senator between 1953 and 1967.

He was the son of Bernardino García and Carmela González. He married Flora Poblete Conejeros in Mulchén in 1932, with whom he had four children.

He studied at the Seminario Conciliar de Concepción. In 1923 he began working as a farmer. He was a founder of the Agricultural Cooperative of Mulchén, member of the Agricultural Society of Biobío, and founder of the Mulchén Private High School.

Between 1938 and 1949 he served as mayor of Mulchén.

A member of the Agrarian Labor Party, in 1949 he was elected Deputy for the 19th Departmental District (Laja, Nacimiento, and Mulchén). He sat on the Government and Interior Committee.

In 1953 he was elected Senator for the 9th Provincial District (Valdivia, Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Aysén, and Magallanes), serving until 1961. He worked on the Economy and Commerce Committee, and as substitute on the Committees of Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Labor and Social Welfare; and Agriculture and Colonization. He also served as president of the Agrarian Labor Party from 1951 to 1953.^[2]

In 1965, now as a member of the Christian Democratic Party, he was elected Senator for the 8th Provincial District (Biobío, Malleco, and Cautín). He sat on the Committees of Internal Police and the Joint Budget Committee, and served twice as Vice President of the Senate (June 1, 1965, and August 17, 1966).

He died in office on 6 October 1967. A by-election was held on 17 December 1967 to fill his vacant seat, which was narrowly won by Alberto Baltra of the Radical Party, with the support of the Popular Action Front (FRAP).

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