Cebu's at-large congressional district
Cebu's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district used to elect members of Philippine national legislatures in Cebu before 1987.[1]
Cebu first elected its representatives at-large during the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic, with an additional seat allocated for its provincial governor and a separate district created for its capital Cebu City being a chartered city since 1937.[2][3] Before 1943, the province including its capital city was represented in the national legislatures through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh districts.[1] The province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates from Luzon.[4]
The seven districts were restored in Cebu ahead of the 1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province again until the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for two seats in the Batasang Pambansa and another two seats for Cebu City's assembly district as a highly urbanized city entitled to its own representation.[5] It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that restored Cebu's first six congressional districts, eliminated the seventh district, and created two districts for Cebu City.[1][6]
Representation history
[edit]| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | Seat D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cebu's at-large district for the Malolos Congress[edit] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898.[4][7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | Ariston Bautista | Independent | Appointed. | Félix David | Independent | Appointed. | Francisco Macabulos | Independent | Appointed. | Trinidad Pardo de Tavera | Independent | Appointed. | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cebu's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)[edit] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943.[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | José Leyson | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | José Delgado | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District dissolved into Cebu's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa |
Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | Seat D | Seat E | Seat F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||||||
Cebu's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa[edit] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Emerito S. Calderon | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Nenita Cortes Daluz | UNIDO | Elected in 1984. | Ramon Durano III | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Regalado Maambong | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Luisito R. Patalinjug | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Adelino B. Sitoy | KBL | Elected in 1984. | ||||||||||||
| District dissolved into Cebu's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Act No. 58". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 16, 2021.
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