Philippines's 7th senatorial district

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

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	June 2, 1925	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
2		José Hontiveros	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.		6th							Nacionalista Colectivista
								7th		3		José B. Ledesma	June 2, 1925	June 2, 1931	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
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

• Legislative districts of the Philippines

References

1. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
2. "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved 13 May 2020.