Legislative district of Batanes

The legislative district of Batanes is the representation of the province of Batanes in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.

History

Batanes was initially represented as part of the first district of Cagayan in the 1st Philippine Legislature, having been annexed to that province since the passage of Philippine Commission Act No. 209 on August 22, 1901. Upon its re-establishment as a regular province on May 20, 1909 by virtue of Act No. 1952, Batanes was granted separate representation, and elected its first representative later that year.

When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the first senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the province was re-annexed to Cagayan and represented as part of that province in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province's continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region II from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Batanes retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

At-large

  • Population (2015): 17,246
Period Representative[2]
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Teofilo Castillejos[lower-alpha 1]
Vicente Barsana[lower-alpha 2]
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Juan G. Castillejos
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Claudio Castillejos
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Vicente Agan
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Mariano Lizardo
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Vicente Agan
1st National Assembly
19351938
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
vacant[lower-alpha 3]
1st Congress
19461949
Anastacio Agan
2nd Congress
19491953
Jorge A. Abad
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
Manuel Agudo
5th Congress
19611965
Jorge A. Abad[lower-alpha 4]
vacant
6th Congress
19651969
Aurora B. Abad
7th Congress
19691972
vacant
Jorge A. Abad[lower-alpha 5]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Fernando C. Faberes
8th Congress
19871992
Florencio B. Abad[lower-alpha 6]
vacant
9th Congress
19921995
Enrique C. Lizardo
10th Congress
19951998
Florencio B. Abad
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Henedina Abad
14th Congress
20072010
Carlo Oliver D. Diasnes
15th Congress
20102013
Henedina Abad[lower-alpha 7]
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019
vacant[lower-alpha 8]
18th Congress
20192022
Ciriaco B. Gato Jr.

Notes

  1. Died in 1911.[2]
  2. Won the special election held on September 5, 1911 to fill the vacant seat.[2]
  3. Vicente Agan was elected in November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.
  4. Appointed Secretary of Public Works on June 22, 1964. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 5th Congress.[2]
  5. Only took oath of office on June 30, 1970,[2] following the resolution of court case filed by Rufino S. Antonio Jr.[3]
  6. Appointed Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 12, 1989. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 8th Congress.[2]
  7. Died in office on October 8, 2017.[4] Seat remained vacant until the end of the 17th Congress.
  8. Quezon City's 4th district Representative Feliciano Belmonte Jr. was designated caretaker representative from November 20, 2017 to October 9, 2018.[5] He was succeeded by Pangasinan's 3rd district Representative Rose Marie Arenas who was designated on October 10, 2018 and served until the end of the 17th Congress.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  3. Supreme Court of the Philippines (April 17, 1970). "G.R. No. L-31604. Rufino S. Antonio, Jr. v. Commission on Elections, et al". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  4. "Batanes Rep. Dina Abad dies at 62". CNN Philippines. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  5. Cupin, Bea (November 21, 2017). "Sonny Belmonte is Batanes' caretaker in House". Rappler. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  6. Cepeda, Mara (October 11, 2018). "Baby Arenas is new Batanes caretaker in House". Rappler. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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