Philippines's 7th senatorial district, officially the Seventh Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Séptimo Distrito Senatorial de las Islas Filipinas), was one of the twelve senatorial districts of the Philippines in existence between 1916 and 1935. It elected two members to the Senate of the Philippines, the upper chamber of the bicameral Philippine Legislature under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for each of the 4th to 10th legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 Jones Law from the western Visayas provinces of Capiz and Iloilo. Romblon was added in 1917 upon its re-establishment as a regular province separate from Capiz.[1]
The district was represented by a total of eight senators throughout its existence. It was abolished in 1935 when a unicameral National Assembly was installed under a new constitution following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act which established the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Since the 1941 elections when the Senate was restored after a constitutional plebiscite, all twenty-four members of the upper house have been elected countrywide at-large. It was last represented by Ruperto Montinola and Potenciano Treñas of the Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia.[2][3]
List of senators edit
| Seat A | Legislature | Seat B | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Senator | Term of office | Party | Electoral history | # | Senator | Term of office | Party | Electoral history | |||||||
| Start | End | Start | End | |||||||||||||
| 1 | José Altavas | October 16, 1916 | June 6, 1922 | Nacionalista | Elected in 1916. | 4th | 1 | Francisco Felipe Villanueva | October 16, 1916 | June 3, 1919 | Nacionalista | Elected in 1916. | ||||
| 5th | 2 | José María Arroyo | June 3, 1919 | March 8, 1927 | Nacionalista | Elected in 1919. Died. | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jose Hontiveros | June 6, 1922 | June 5, 1928 | Demócrata | Elected in 1922. | 6th | Nacionalista Colectivista | |||||||||
| 7th | 3 | José B. Ledesma | July 21, 1927 | June 2, 1931 | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1927 to finish Arroyo's term. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Antonio Belo | June 5, 1928 | June 5, 1934 | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1928. | 8th | ||||||||||
| 9th | 4 | Ruperto Montinola | June 2, 1931 | September 16, 1935 | Demócrata | Elected in 1931. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Potenciano Treñas | June 5, 1934 | June 10, 1934 | Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia |
Elected in 1934. Died. |
10th | Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia | |||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 13, 2020.