Philippines's 11th senatorial district

Philippines's 11th senatorial district, officially the Eleventh Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Undécimo 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 central Visayas province of Bohol and the northern Mindanao provinces of Misamis and Surigao. Misamis was split into the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental in 1929.[1]

The district was represented by a total of five 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 Clarín and Juan Torralba 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		José Clarín	October 16, 1916	June 2, 1935	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.		4th		1		Nicolas Capistrano	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
								5th		2		Francisco Soriano	June 3, 1919	June 2, 1925	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
					Nacionalista Unipersonalista	Re-elected in 1922.		6th							Nacionalista Unipersonalista
					Nacionalista Consolidado			7th		3		Troadio Galicano	June 2, 1925	June 2, 1931	Demócrata	Elected in 1925.
						Re-elected in 1928.		8th
								9th		4		Juan Torralba	June 2, 1931	September 16, 1935	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
					Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1934. Died.		10th							Nacionalista Democrático

See also

• Senatorial districts of the Philippines

References

1. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
2. "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 14, 2020.