Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district explained

Davao Oriental's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire province of Davao Oriental in the Philippines. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972 and in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.^[1] The province of Davao Oriental was created as a result of the partition of Davao in 1967 and elected its first representative provincewide at-large during the 1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections.^[2] Constancio P. Maglana served as this district's first representative. The district remained a single-member district until the dissolution of the lower house in 1972. It was later absorbed by the multi-member Region XI's at-large district for the national parliament in 1978.^[1] In 1984, provincial and city representations were restored and Davao Oriental elected one member for the regular parliament.^[3] The district was abolished following the 1987 reapportionment to establish two districts under a new constitution.^[4]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Davao Oriental's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created May 8, 1967 from Davao's at-large district.
1		Constancio P. Maglana	January 22, 1968	September 23, 1972	6th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1967 special election.
					7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region XI's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
	Member	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Davao Oriental's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.^[5]
2		Merced Edith N. Rabat	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Davao Oriental's 1st and 2nd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Davao Oriental

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 23, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
2. Web site: Republic Act No. 4867, (1967-05-08) . Lawyerly . February 23, 2021.
3. Web site: Batas Pambansa Blg. 643, (1983-12-21) . Lawyerly . February 23, 2021.
4. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . February 23, 2021.
5. Web site: Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 . February 1984 . . February 23, 2021 . July 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718082016/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/02/01/proclamation-no-2332-s-1984/ . dead .