Cebu's at-large congressional district explained

Cebu's at-large congressional district should not be confused with Cebu City'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

Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat BSeat CSeat D
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Cebu's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898.[7]
September 15, 1898March 23, 19011stAriston BautistaIndependentAppointed.Félix DavidIndependentAppointed.Francisco MacabulosIndependentAppointed.Trinidad Pardo de TaveraIndependentAppointed.
Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat B
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Cebu's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943.
September 25, 1943February 2, 19441stJosé LeysonKALIBAPIElected in 1943.José DelgadoKALIBAPIAppointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Cebu's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th districts.
Term of officeBatasang
Pambansa
Seat ASeat BSeat CSeat DSeat ESeat F
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Cebu's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984.
July 23, 1984March 25, 19862ndEmerito S. CalderonKBLElected in 1984.Nenita Cortes DaluzUNIDOElected in 1984.Ramon Durano IIIKBLElected in 1984.Regalado MaambongKBLElected in 1984.Luisito R. PatalinjugKBLElected in 1984.Adelino B. SitoyKBLElected in 1984.
District dissolved into Cebu's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th districts.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . March 16, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
  2. Web site: The 1943 Constitution . . March 16, 2021 . June 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200602190153/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1943-constitution/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Act No. 58 . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . March 16, 2021.
  4. Web site: The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999) . . 1999 . March 16, 2021.
  5. Web site: Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 . February 1984 . . March 16, 2021 . July 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718082016/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/02/01/proclamation-no-2332-s-1984/ . dead .
  6. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . March 16, 2021.
  7. Web site: Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government . . March 16, 2021.