Octavio Mujica

He was born on 26 August 1885 in Santiago, Chile to Críspulo Mujica Saavedra and Virginia Valenzuela Valenzuela.^[1] He married Teresa Délano Frederick and they had five children: Octavio, Virginia, Jorge, José and Jaime.^[1] He studied at the Seminario de Santiago and the Colegio Inglés and later attended the Instituto Pedagógico of the University of Chile.^[1]

He devoted himself to agricultural activities on his estate Lolol and on the property Las Lajuelas near Santa Cruz, also owning a mill and equipment for the production of whole-grain bread, and marketed some of his agricultural products in Peru.^[1] He was a member of the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura and of the Club de La Unión.^[1]

He served as mayor of the Municipality of Lolol for nine years and later as mayor of the Municipality of Santa Cruz for three years, becoming first councilor in 1938.^[1]

He was elected deputy for Santa Cruz and Vichuquén for the 1924–1927 term and sat on the Permanent Commissions of Public Assistance and of Public Instruction; his mandate was interrupted by the dissolution of Congress in September 1924.^[1] He was reelected deputy for the 1926–1930 period for the reformed 11th Departamental Circumscription (Curicó, Santa Cruz and Vichuquén) and served on the Permanent Commission of Agriculture and Colonization.^[1]