Albay's 4th congressional district explained

Albay's 4th congressional district is a defunct congressional district that encompassed the island of Catanduanes, a former territory of the province of Albay. It was represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from 1931 to 1935, in the National Assembly of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1941, and in the House of Representatives of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1945 to 1946.^[1] It was created by the 1929 reapportionment that redrew the boundaries of Albay's 2nd congressional district and allocated an additional district for the seven municipalities that comprised the island; the change took effect in 1931.^[2] Following the reorganization of a provincial government in Catanduanes in 1945, the district was dissolved and replaced by Catanduanes's at-large congressional district.^[3]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Albay's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
District created June 1, 1931. <									-- date of effectivity -->
1		Pedro Vera	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1931.	1931–1935 Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Pandan, Panganiban, Viga, Virac
2		José T. Surtida	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
	Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Albay's 4th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(1)		Pedro Vera	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Pandan, Panganiban, Viga, Virac
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Albay's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
	Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Albay's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
3		Francisco Perfecto	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941. Redistricted to Catanduanes's at-large district.	1945–1946 Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Pandan, Panganiban, Viga, Virac
District dissolved into Catanduanes's at-large district.

See also

• Legislative districts of Albay

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 15, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
2. Act. 3617. December 5, 1929. An Act Reorganizing the Representative Districts of the Province of Albay and Creating a Fourth District Comprising the Seven Municipalities in the Island of Catanduanes. Lawyerly . February 15, 2021.
3. CA. 687. An Act Authorizing the Separation of the Subprovince of Catanduanes from the Province of Albay and its Establishment as an Independent Province. September 26, 1945. The Corpus Juris . February 15, 2021.