Davao de Oro's 2nd congressional district explained

Davao de Oro's 2nd congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Davao de Oro
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Davao Region
Population:	401,451 (2015)^[1]
Electorate:	274,870 (2022)^[2]
Area:	2410.74sqkm
Year:	1998
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	PDP–Laban
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Davao de Oro's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the province of Davao de Oro.^[3] It was created ahead of the 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections by the same republic act of July 19, 1997 that established the province initially named Compostela Valley.^[4] The district encompasses two noncontiguous areas of Davao de Oro: Laak in the Davao–Agusan Trough and the valley and coastal municipalities adjoining the provincial capital of Nabunturan, namely Mabini, Maco, Mawab and Pantukan. Much of these areas were previously within Davao del Norte's 2nd district. Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga of the PDP–Laban currently serves as this district's representative in the 19th Congress, the first under the province's new name of Davao de Oro.^{[5] [6]}

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Compostela Valley's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created January 30, 1998. Redistricted from Davao del Norte's 2nd district.
1		Prospero Amatong	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	Lakas	Elected in 1998.	1998–2019 Laak, Mabini, Maco, Mawab, Nabunturan, Pantukan
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
2		Rommel Amatong	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
					15th		Re-elected in 2010.
					16th	Aksyon	Re-elected in 2013.
3		Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2019	17th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2016.
Davao de Oro's 2nd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(3)		Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	PDP–Laban	Re-elected in 2019.	2019–present Laak, Mabini, Maco, Mawab, Nabunturan, Pantukan
					19th		Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2016

See also

• Legislative districts of Davao de Oro

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . February 24, 2021 . April 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405172113/http://rsso03.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Philippines%20-%20Population%20of%20Legislative%20Districts%20by%20Region_Province_and%20Selected%20Highly%20Urbanized%20or%20Component%20City.xlsx . dead .
2. Web site: Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Commission on Elections. September 17, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 24, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
4. RA. 8740. January 30, 1998. An Act Creating the Province of Compostela, Valley From the Province of Davao Del Norte, and for Other Purposes. Official Gazette (Philippines). February 24, 2021. December 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041924/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/01/30/republic-act-no-8470/. dead.
5. RA. 11297. An Act Renaming the Province of Compostela Valley as the Province of Davao De Oro . April 17, 2019 . . February 24, 2021.
6. Web site: House Members . . February 24, 2021.