Alicia Cañas Zañartu (Paris, France, August 1901 – Santiago, Chile, March 27, 2002) was a Chilean politician.

In 1935, she was one of the first women elected to public office by popular vote in the country.

Dhee was widowed at 24 in 1925;[2] Because of thism she went back to Paris, but returned to Chile at the request of her father.

She was influenced by Paris's large green areas; which she would later replicate in Providencia.

She was a woman known for her charitable works for almost 50 years she led the "Home of the Blind in Santa Lucia".