Parañaque's at-large congressional district explained

Parañaque's at-large congressional district may refer to three occasions when a city-wide or provincewide at-large Congressional district was used for elections to the Philippine House of Representatives from Parañaque in the Philippines.

Parañaque was initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. The then-town was later incorporated to the province of Rizal, established in 1901, and was represented as part of the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972. It was incorporated to the City of Greater Manila and was represented as part of the at-large district of Manila from 1943 to 1944. Parañaque was separated from Rizal on November 7, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824,^[1] and was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa along with other Metropolitan Manila municipalities and cities as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984.

Parañaque was grouped with Las Piñas in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986, as the Legislative district of Las Piñas–Parañaque. It was granted its own representation in the restored House of Representatives in 1987, and was divided into two districts after its city charter (Republic Act No. 8507^[2]) was amended by Republic Act No. 9229,^[3] approved on December 17, 2003.

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Parañaque's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987.^[4]
1		Freddie N. Webb	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	Lakas ng Bansa	Elected in 1987.
2		Jose Roilo S. Golez	June 30, 1992	January 20, 2001	9th	Lakas	Elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
					11th	LAMMP	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned on appointment as National Security Adviser.
-	vacant		January 20, 2001	June 30, 2001		No special election held to fill vacancy.
3		Eduardo Zialcita	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2004	12th	Lakas	Elected in 2001. Redistricted to the 1st district.
District dissolved into Parañaque's 1st and 2nd districts.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes. PD. 824. November 7, 1975. October 10, 2017.
2. RA. 8507. An Act Converting the Municipality of Parañaque into a Highly-Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Parañaque . 12 January 2022. 13 February 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193409/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_09/RA07854.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead.
3. RA. 9229. Approved on December 17, 2003: An Act amending sections 8(a) and 48 of Republic Act No. 8507 entitled "An Act Converting the Municipality of Parañaque into a Highly-Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Parañaque" . 12 January 2022. 17 December 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604031959/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_12/RA09229.pdf . 4 June 2011 . dead.
4. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . April 10, 2020.
5. RA. 9229. Approved on December 17, 2003: An Act amending sections 8(a) and 48 of Republic Act No. 8507 entitled "An Act Converting the Municipality of Parañaque into a Highly-Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Parañaque" . 12 January 2022. 17 December 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604031959/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_12/RA09229.pdf . 4 June 2011 . dead.