Legislative district of Las Piñas
The legislative district of Las Piñas is the representation of the highly urbanized city of Las Piñas in the Congress of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress through its lone congressional district.
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History
From 1907 until 1972, it was represented as part of the first district of Rizal. Las Piñas was part of the representation of Region IV in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984, and was grouped with Parañaque (as the district of Las Piñas–Parañaque) from 1984 to 1986 for representation in the Regular Batasang Pambansa. In 1987 it was grouped with Muntinlupa to form the district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa. Las Piñas first elected its own representative in 1998, after the city charter of Muntinlupa (Republic Act No. 7926[1]), approved on March 1, 1995 and ratified on May 8, 1995, separated the two. This separation was confirmed by the city's own city charter (Republic Act No. 8251[2]), approved on February 2, 1997 and ratified on March 26, 1997.
Lone District
- Population (2015): 588,894[3]
| Period | Representative |
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| 11th Congress 1998–2001 |
Manuel B. Villar, Jr. |
| 12th Congress 2001–2004 |
Cynthia A. Villar |
| 13th Congress 2004–2007 | |
| 14th Congress 2007–2010 | |
| 15th Congress 2010–2013 |
Mark A. Villar[lower-alpha 1][4] |
| 16th Congress 2013–2016 | |
| 17th Congress 2016–2019 | |
| vacant[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 18th Congress 2019–2022 |
Camille Linda A. Villar[6] |
Notes
- Resigned after being appointed as Secretary of Public Works and Highways on August 1, 2016.
- DIWA Partylist Representative Emmeline Aglipay-Villar was appointed as "caretaker" representative on August 2, 2016.[5] She served until her appointment as Department of Justice undersecretary in July 2018. She was succeeded by Batangas' 1st District Representative Eileen Ermita-Buhain who was designated as legislative caretaker on November 21, 2018.[5]
See also
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110629105946/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_09/Ra07926.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202439/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_10/RA08251.pdf
- https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/2015_Table%201_Legislative%20Districts.xlsx
- Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (August 2, 2016). "Villar resigns as Las Piñas rep, takes on DPWH post". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- Arcangel, Xianne (August 2, 2016). "Mark Villar's wife appointed 'caretaker' rep of Las Piñas". GMA News Online. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- Gonzales, Cathrine (May 14, 2019). "Camille Villar proclaimed Las Piñas congresswoman". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 14, 2019.