Philippines's 9th senatorial district

Philippines's 9th senatorial district, officially the Ninth Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Noveno 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 eastern Visayas provinces of Leyte and Samar.[1]

The district was represented by a total of six 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 María Veloso and José Avelino 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
			Start	End									Start	End
1		Esteban Singson	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.		4th		1		José María Veloso	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
								5th		2		Francisco Enage	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
2		Tomás Gómez	June 6, 1922	July 28, 1926	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922. Died.		6th							Nacionalista Colectivista
					Nacionalista Consolidado			7th		(1)		José María Veloso	June 2, 1925	September 16, 1935	Demócrata	Elected in 1925.
3		Pastor Salazar	December 30, 1926	June 5, 1928	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected to finish Gómez's term.
4		José Avelino	June 5, 1928	September 16, 1935	Demócrata	Elected in 1928.		8th
								9th								Re-elected in 1931.
					Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1934.		10th							Nacionalista Democrático

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.