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'''Philippines's 7th senatorial district''', officially the '''Seventh Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands''' ({{langx|es|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 Philippine Legislature|4th]] to [[10th Philippine Legislature|10th]] legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 [[Jones Law (Philippines)|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.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZUuh57ZWv0C |title=United States Congressional Serial Set |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1918 |pages=37–38 |access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>
The district was represented by a total of eight senators throughout its existence. It was abolished in 1935 when a unicameral [[National Assembly of the Philippines|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 Philippine Senate election|1941 elections]] when the Senate was restored after a [[1940 Philippine constitutional plebiscites|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 Party|Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of previous senators |url=https://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.asp |access-date=May 13, 2020 |publisher=[[Senate of the Philippines]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roster of Philippine Senators |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/lists/philippine-senators/ |access-date=May 13, 2020 |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)]]}}</ref>
== List of senators ==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="7" | Seat A
| rowspan="99" |
! rowspan="3" | Legislature
| rowspan="99" |
! colspan="7" | Seat B
|- style="height:3em"
! rowspan="2" | #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Senator
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Electoral history
! rowspan="2" | #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Senator
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Electoral history
|-
! Start
! End
! Start
! End
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Jose Altavas|José Altavas]]
| rowspan="2" | October 16, 1916
| rowspan="2" | June 6, 1922
| rowspan="2" | [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| rowspan="2" | [[1916 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1916]].
| style="text-align:center;" | [[4th Philippine Legislature|4th]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| [[Francisco Felipe Villanueva]]
| October 16, 1916
| June 3, 1919
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| [[1916 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1916]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[5th Philippine Legislature|5th]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[José María Arroyo]]
| rowspan="2" | June 3, 1919
| rowspan="2" | March 8, 1927
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| rowspan="2" | [[1919 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1919]].<br/>Died.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Demócrata Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Jose Hontiveros]]
| rowspan="2" | June 6, 1922
| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1928
| rowspan="2" | [[Demócrata Party|Demócrata]]
| rowspan="2" | [[1922 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1922]].
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6th Philippine Legislature|6th]]
| style="background-color:#191970 |
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]<br/>Colectivista
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[7th Philippine Legislature|7th]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Jose Ledesma|José B. Ledesma]]
| rowspan="2" | July 21, 1927
| rowspan="2" | June 2, 1931
| rowspan="2" | [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]<br/>Consolidado
| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1927 to finish Arroyo's term.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Antonio Belo]]
| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1928
| rowspan="2" | June 5, 1934
| rowspan="2" | [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]<br/>Consolidado
| rowspan="2" | [[1928 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1928]].
| style="text-align:center;" | [[8th Philippine Legislature|8th]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[9th Philippine Legislature|9th]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Demócrata Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Ruperto Montinola]]
| rowspan="2" | June 2, 1931
| rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
| [[Demócrata Party|Demócrata]]
| rowspan="2" | [[1931 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1931]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia}};" |
| [[Potenciano Treñas]]
| June 5, 1934
| June 10, 1934
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]<br/>Demócrata Pro-Independencia
| [[1934 Philippine Senate elections|Elected in 1934]].<br/>Died.
| style="text-align:center;" | [[10th Philippine Legislature|10th]]
| style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia}};" |
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]<br/>Demócrata Pro-Independencia
|}</div>
== See also ==
* [[Senatorial districts of the Philippines]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Philippine senatorial districts}}
[[Category:Senatorial districts of the Philippines]]
[[Category:1916 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1935 disestablishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Politics of Capiz]]
[[Category:Politics of Iloilo]]
[[Category:Politics of Romblon]]