Philippines's 1st senatorial district

Philippines's 1st senatorial district, officially the First Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Primer 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 northern Luzon provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Isabela. Abra was added in 1917 upon its re-establishment as a regular province separate from Ilocos Sur.[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 Elpidio Quirino and Melecio Arranz 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		Vicente Singson Encarnación	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	Progresista	Elected in 1916.		4th		1		Juan Villamor	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
								5th		2		Santiago Fonacier	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
2		Isabelo de los Reyes	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.		6th							Nacionalista Colectivista
					Nacionalista Consolidado			7th		3		Elpidio Quirino	June 2, 1925	September 16, 1935	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
3		Melecio Arranz	June 5, 1928	September 16, 1935	Nacionalista Consolidado	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 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.