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
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 | 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 | Nacionalista Colectivista |
Elected in 1922. | 6th | Nacionalista Colectivista | |||||||||
| Nacionalista Consolidado |
7th | 3 | José O. Vera | June 2, 1925 | June 2, 1931 | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1925. | |||||||||
| 3 | José Fuentebella | June 5, 1928 | June 5, 1934 | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1928. | 8th | ||||||||||
| 9th | 4 | Juan B. Alegre | June 2, 1931 | June 14, 1931 | Democrata | Elected in 1931. Died. | ||||||||||
| (3) | José O. Vera | August 18, 1931 | September 16, 1935 | Nacionalista | Elected in 1931 to finish Alegre's term. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Domingo Imperial | June 5, 1934 | September 16, 1935 | Nacionalista Democrático |
Elected in 1934. | 10th | Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 12, 2020.