Pabla Toledo

Pabla Toledo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1969 – 15 May 1973
Constituency22nd Departmental Group
Personal details
Born(1922-07-26)July 26, 1922
DiedSeptember 20, 1993(1993-09-20) (aged 71)
Party
SpouseEduardo del Campo
ChildrenFive
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

Pabla Toledo Obando (Valdivia, July 26, 1922 – Santiago, September 20, 1993) was a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democratic politician. She was a Deputy of the Republic between 1969 and 1973.[1]

Biography

Early years

She was born in Valdivia in 1922, the daughter of Floriano Toledo and María Antonia Obando.[1]

She was married to the lawyer Eduardo del Campo, with whom she had five children: Cecilia, Eduardo, Francisco, Pablo and Verónica.[1]

Studies and working life

She completed her secondary education at the Liceo de Niñas of Valdivia. After finishing school, she entered the Law program at the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), which she completed at the University of Chile, where she received her law degree on July 7, 1950, with the thesis: The Textile Industry in Chile.[1]

Once graduated, she practiced her profession in Valdivia independently.[1]

She was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Streptomycin.[1]

Political career

She began her political activities in the Social Christian Conservative Party (PCSC). Representing this party, she was elected alderwoman of the Municipality of Valdivia, from 1956 to 1960.

Subsequently, she joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) due to the merger of the PCSC with the National Falange, in 1957.

In the 1969 parliamentary elections, she was elected Deputy for the 22nd Departmental Group of Valdivia, La Unión and Río Bueno, for the period 1969–1973. She was a member of the Commissions on Internal Government and on Housing and Urban Planning.

She died in Santiago, on September 20, 1993.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Pabla Toledo Obando – Reseña biográfica". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. September 20, 1993. Retrieved September 11, 2025.

Further reading

  • De Ramón Folch, Armando (1999–2003). Biographies of Chileans: members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches 1876–1973. Ediciones Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Annals of the Republic: constitutional texts of Chile and registry of the citizens who have been part of the Executive and Legislative Branches since 1810. Andrés Bello Publisher. Santiago, Chile.