Leyte's 3rd congressional district explained

Leyte's 3rd congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Leyte
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Eastern Visayas
Population:	179,492 (2020)^[1]
Electorate:	131,736 (2022)^[2]
Area:	651.64sqkm
Year:	1907
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Anna Victoria V. Tuazon
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	NUP
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

Leyte's 3rd congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Leyte. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.^[3] The district consists of the old provincial capital, Leyte, and adjacent municipalities of Calubian, San Isidro, Tabango and Villaba. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Anna Victoria V. Tuazon of the National Unity Party (NUP).^[4]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Leyte's 3rd district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.^[5] ^[6]
1		Florentino Peñaranda	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Abuyog, Barugo, Burauen, Carigara, Dagami, Hinunangan, Jaro
2		Abdón Marchadesch	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Independent	Elected in 1909.	1909–1912 Abuyog, Barugo, Burauen, Carigara, Dagami, Hinunangan, Jaro, Pastrana
3		Miguel Romuáldez	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Independent	Elected in 1912.	1912–1916 Abuyog, Barugo, Burauen, Carigara, Dagami, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Jaro, La Paz, Pastrana
Leyte's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
4		Segundo Apostol	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Abuyog, Barugo, Burauen, Carigara, Dagami, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Jaro, La Paz, Pastrana
5		Julio Siayngco	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Independent	Elected in 1919.	1919–1931 Abuyog, Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Jaro, La Paz, Pastrana
6		José María Veloso	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
7		Ruperto Kapunan	June 2, 1925	June 5, 1928	7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925.
8		Jorge B. Delgado	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
9		Tomás Oppus	June 2, 1931	September 16, 1935	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.	1931–1935 Anahawan, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, Sogod
					10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1934.
	Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Leyte's 3rd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
(9)		Tomás Oppus	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Anahawan, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, Sogod
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Leyte'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
Leyte's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(9)		Tomás Oppus	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Anahawan, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, Sogod
	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
		Start	End
Leyte's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
10		Francisco M. Pajao	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1957	1st	Liberal	Elected in 1946.	1946–1953 Anahawan, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, Sogod
					2nd		Re-elected in 1949.
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953.	1953–1957 Anahawan, Bontoc, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, Silago, Sogod
11		Nicanor Yñíguez	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1957. Redistricted to Southern Leyte's at-large district.	1957–1961 Anahawan, Bontoc, Cabalian, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Maasin, Macrohon, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, Silago, Sogod
12		Marcelino R. Veloso	December 30, 1961	September 23, 1972	5th	Nacionalista	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1961.	1961–1972 Almeria, Biliran, Cabucgayan, Caibiran, Calubian, Culaba, Isabel, Kawayan, Leyte, Maripipi, Matag-ob, Merida, Naval, Palompon, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
					7th		Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the five-seat Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
13		Alberto S. Veloso	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1987.	1987–1995 Almeria, Biliran, Cabucgayan, Caibiran, Calubian, Culaba, Kawayan, Leyte, Maripipi, Naval, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba
					9th	LDP	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th	Lakas	Re-elected in 1995.	1995–present Calubian, Leyte, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba
14		Eduardo K. Veloso	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	NPC	Elected in 1998.
					12th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
15		Andres D. Salvacion Jr.	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007.
					15th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
16		Vicente Sofronio E. Veloso III	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	17th	NUP	Elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.
17		Anna Victoria V. Tuazon	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	NUP	Elected in 2022.

Election results

2010

See also

• Legislative districts of Leyte

Notes and References

1. Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . April 28, 2020.
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 16, 2023.
3. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . April 28, 2020.
4. Web site: House Members . . April 28, 2020.
5. Act. 1582. January 9, 1907. An Act to Provide for the Holding of Elections in the Philippine Islands, for the Organization of the Philippine Assembly, and for Other Purposes. Lawyerly . February 20, 2021.
6. Book: Division of Insular Affairs . Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War . April 28, 2020 . Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. 1908. United States War Department. Washington, D.C.. 49.