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Evelyn Matthei

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Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (b. November 11 1953) is a Chilean commercial engineer, economist and senator from the Independent Democrat Union. From 1990 to 1994 she was deputy for Distrito 23, and from 1994 to 1998, deputy for Distrito 15. In 1998 she became a senator for Coquimbo Region and was reelected in 2005. She is the daughter of retired Air Force General and member of the junta that took power in the 1973 coup, Fernando Matthei. She is married to fellow economist and Chilean Central Bank Deputy Governor Jorge Desormeaux. She has been recently mentioned as a possible candidate for the upcoming presidential election of December 2009.

Electoral history

1989 parliamentary elections

Deputy for Distrito 23 (Las Condes, Vitacura and Lo Barnechea), Santiago Metropolitan Region[1]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Evelyn Matthei Fornet RN 79,595 42.32 Diputado
Eliana Caraball Martínez DC 49,961 26.56 Diputado
Joaquín Lavín Infante UDI 36,379 19.34
Guido Girardi Lavín PPD 16,318 8.68
José Miguel Ureta Rojas ILE 3,772 2.01
Patricio Hidalgo Marín AN 1,116 0.59
Jorge Martínez Rodríguez ILF 956 0.51

1993 parliamentary elections

Deputy for Distrito 15 (San Antonio), Valparaíso Region[2]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Samuel Venegas Rubio PDC 30,174 39.85 Diputado
Evelyn Matthei Fornet ILB 19,572 25.85 Diputado
Gonzalo Yuseff Sotomayor RN 10,950 14.46
Julio Stuardo González PS 6,719 8.87
Cosme Caracciolo Alvarez PC 3,858 5.10
Mireya Baltra Moreno PC 3,802 5.02
Jorge Blaessinger Lobos IND 645 0.85

1997 parliamentary elections

Senator for Circunscripción 4 (Coquimbo Region)[3]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Jorge Pizarro Soto PDC 82,598 38.30 Senador
Evelyn Matthei Fornet ILB 50,281 23.32 Senador
Erich Schnake Silva PPD 40,728 18.89
Eugenio Munizaga Rodríguez RN 33,612 15.59
Gonzalo Garcia-Huidobro Severin PH 8,439 3.91

2005 parliamentary elections

Senator for Circunscripción 4 (Coquimbo Region)[4]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Jorge Pizarro Soto PDC 101,671 40.37 Senador
Evelyn Matthei Fornet UDI 71,697 28.47 Senador
Jorge Arrate Mac-Niven PS 48,931 19.43
Arturo Longton Guerrero RN 12,571 4.99
Luis Aguilera González PC 10,607 4.21
Joaquín Arduengo Naredo PH 6,384 2.53

References

  1. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 23, Diputados 1989
  2. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 15, Diputados 1993
  3. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 1997
  4. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 2005

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