Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district explained

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district
Parl Name:House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:Province
District:Nueva Vizcaya
Region Label:Region
Region:Cagayan Valley
Population:497,432 (2020)
Electorate:296,233 (2022)[1]
Area:4221.45km2
Year:1916 (single-member district)
Members Label:Representative
Members:Luisa Lloren Cuaresma
Blank1 Name:Political party
Blank1 Info: Lakas–CMD
Blank2 Name:Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:Majority

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district, also known as Nueva Vizcaya's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Vizcaya for various national legislatures since 1898.[2] The province first elected its representative provincewide at-large for the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic. In 1907, when the Philippine Assembly was established, the province had no representation as it was then classified as a special province under the supervision of the Department of the Interior Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes.[3] Since 1916 when it was re-established as a specially organized province separate from its former Comandancia de Quiañgan which became the Ifugao sub-province under Jones Law, Nueva Vizcaya has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives.[4] It remains as a single-member district, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[5]

The district is currently represented by Luisa Lloren Cuaresma of the Lakas–CMD.[6]

Representation history

Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat B
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898.[7]
September 15, 1898March 23, 19011stEvaristo PañganibanIndependentElected in 1898.Hipólito MagsalinIndependentAppointed.
Term of officeLegislatureSingle seatSeats eliminated
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

District re-created August 29, 1916.
1March 19, 1917June 3, 19194thWenceslao ValeraNacionalistaAppointed.
2June 3, 1919June 12, 19245thEvaristo PañganibanIndependentAppointed.
6th
3June 12, 1924January 1, 1926Eulogio RodríguezDemócrataAppointed.
4January 1, 1926June 5, 19287thAntonio G. Escamilla IndependentAppointed.
5June 5, 1928June 2, 19318thManuel NietoNacionalista
Consolidado
Appointed.
6June 2, 1931June 5, 19349thDomingo MaddelaNacionalista
Consolidado
Appointed.
7June 5, 1934September 16, 193510thSeverino PuruggananNacionalista
Democrático
Appointed.
Term of officeNational
Assembly
Single seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

8September 16, 1935December 30, 19381stBernardo L. BuenafeNacionalista
Democrático
Appointed.
9December 30, 1938December 30, 19412ndGuillermo E. BongolanNacionalistaAppointed.
Term of officeNational
Assembly
Seat ASeat B
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral historyMemberPartyElectoral history

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

District re-created September 7, 1943.[8]
September 25, 1943February 2, 19441stGuillermo E. BongolanKALIBAPIElected in 1943.Demetrio QuirinoKALIBAPIAppointed as an ex officio member.
Term of officeCommon-
wealth
Congress
Single seatSeats eliminated
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

District re-created May 24, 1945.
10June 11, 1945May 25, 19461stLeón CabarroguisNacionalistaElected in 1941.
Term of officeCongressSingle seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

(10)May 25, 1946December 30, 19531stLeón CabarroguisLiberalRe-elected in 1946.
2ndRe-elected in 1949.
11December 30, 1953December 30, 19673rdLeonardo B. PerezNacionalistaElected in 1953.
4thRe-elected in 1957.
5thRe-elected in 1961.
6thRe-elected in 1965. Resigned on election as senator.
12December 30, 1969September 23, 19727thBenjamín B. PerezNacionalistaElected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the seven-seat Region II's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
Term of officeBatasang
Pambansa
Single seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984.[9]
July 23, 1984March 25, 19862ndLeonardo B. PerezKBLElected in 1984.
Term of officeCongressSingle seat
StartEndMemberPartyElectoral history

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District re-created February 2, 1987.
13June 30, 1987June 30, 19928thCarlos PadillaPDP–LabanElected in 1987.
(11)June 30, 1992June 30, 19959thLeonardo B. PerezNPCElected in 1992.
(13)June 30, 1995June 30, 200410thCarlos PadillaLDPElected in 1995.
11thRe-elected in 1998.
12thRe-elected in 2001.
14June 30, 2004June 30, 200713thRodolfo Q. AgbayaniLDPElected in 2004.
(13)June 30, 2007June 30, 201614thCarlos PadillaNacionalistaElected in 2007.
15thRe-elected in 2010.
16thRe-elected in 2013.
15June 30, 2016Incumbent17thLuisa Lloren CuaresmaUNAElected in 2016.
18thNUPRe-elected in 2019.
19thLakasRe-elected in 2022.

Election results

2010

Notes and References

  1. 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. April 30, 2023.
  2. Web site: The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 – January 3, 1999) . . 1999 . 3 May 2020.
  3. Book: Division of Insular Affairs . Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War . 3 May 2020 . Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. 1908. United States War Department. Washington, D.C.. 49.
  4. Web site: Act No. 2657 . December 31, 1916 . . 6 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . 2 May 2020.
  6. Web site: House Members . . 13 January 2023.
  7. Web site: Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government . . 6 May 2020.
  8. Web site: The 1943 Constitution . . 3 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 . February 1984 . . 6 May 2020.