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
			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	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

• Legislative districts of the Philippines

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.