Philippines's 6th senatorial district

Philippines's 6th senatorial district, officially the Sixth Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Sexto 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 southern Luzon provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines and Sorsogon. Ambos Camarines was split into the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur in 1919, and Masbate was added in 1920 upon its re-establishment as a regular province separate from Sorsogon.[1]

The district was represented by a total of seven 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 José O. Vera of the Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia and Domingo Imperial of the Nacionalista Democrático.[2][3]

List of senators

Seat A Legislature Seat B
# Senator Term of office Party Electoral history # Senator Term of office Party Electoral history
StartEnd StartEnd
1 Leoncio Imperial October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 4th 1 Mario Guariña October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
5th 2 Vicente de Vera June 3, 1919 June 2, 1925 Nacionalista Elected in 1919.
2 Juan B. Alegre June 6, 1922 June 5, 1928 Demócrata Elected in 1922. 6th Nacionalista
Colectivista
7th 3 José O. Vera June 2, 1925 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1925.
3 José Fuentebella June 5, 1928 June 5, 1934 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1928. 8th
9th Re-elected in 1931.
4 Domingo Imperial June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Democrático
Elected in 1934. 10th Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia

See also

References

  1. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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