Legislative districts of Ilocos Sur

The legislative districts of Ilocos Sur are the representations of the province of Ilocos Sur 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 first and second congressional districts.

Abra last formed part of the province's representation in 1919.

The first district of Ilocos Sur is among the original representative districts from 1907 which has never changed in territorial coverage, along with Albay's first, Ilocos Norte's first and second, and Iloilo's first districts.

History

Ilocos Sur, which at the time included the sub-province of Abra, was initially divided in 1907 into three representative districts. Abra was last represented as part of the province's now-defunct third district in 1919, after its re-establishment as a regular province on March 10, 1917 by virtue of Act No. 2683 warranted its separate representation, thereby reducing Ilocos Sur to two districts.[1]

When the Philippine Commission detached Tagudin from Ilocos Sur and made it the capital of the sub-province of Amburayan in Mountain Province on May 15, 1907 by virtue of Act No. 1646, the town's residents were still allowed to vote as part of the Ilocos Sur's second district.[2] This arrangement was terminated on August 10, 1916 under Act No. 2657 (the Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands), which removed the town from the second district.[3]

The enactment of Act No. 2877 in 1920 reorganized northwestern Luzon, by abolishing the sub-province of Amburayan in the undivided Mountain Province and annexing several of its municipal entities—Alilem, Sigay, Sugpon, Suyo and its capital Tagudin—to Ilocos Sur. The Lepanto sub-province townships of Angaki, Concepcion, San Emilio and its capital Cervantes were also placed under the jurisdiction of Ilocos Sur. However residents of these areas remained represented by the Mountain Province's appointed assembly members until they were finally extended the right to vote in assembly district elections in 1935, after the passage of Act No. 4203 placed them in the second district of Ilocos Sur.[4]

Ilocos Sur was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected two representatives to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province retained its two congressional districts under the new Constitution[5] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

1st District

Period Representative[6]
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Vicente S. Encarnacion[lower-alpha 1]
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Alberto Reyes[lower-alpha 2]
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Elpidio R. Quirino
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Vicente S. Pablo
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Simeon Ramos
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Benito Soliven
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Pedro S. Reyes
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
Benito Soliven
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Jesus Serrano
1st Congress
19461949
Floro Crisologo
2nd Congress
19491953
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
Faustino B. Tobia
5th Congress
19611965
Floro Crisologo[lower-alpha 3]
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972
vacant
8th Congress
19871992
Luis C. Singson
9th Congress
19921995
Mariano M. Tajon
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Salacnib F. Baterina
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
Ronald V. Singson[lower-alpha 4]
15th Congress
20102013
Ryan Luis V. Singson[lower-alpha 5]
16th Congress
20132016
Ronald V. Singson
17th Congress
20162019
Deogracias Victor B. Savellano
18th Congress
20192022

Notes

  1. Appointed to the Philippine Commission in 1913.[6]
  2. Assumed office after winning special election held on October 13, 1913 to fill vacated seat.[6]
  3. Assassinated on October 18, 1970; seat remained vacant until the end of the 7th Congress.[6]
  4. Resigned on March 1, 2011 after being convicted by the Hong Kong High Court for drug possession.[6]
  5. Elected in a special election held on May 28, 2011; took oath of office on May 30, 2011 and served for the remainder of the 15th Congress.[6]

2nd District

Period Representative[6]
1st National Assembly
19351938
Sixto Brillantes
2nd National Assembly
19381941
Prospero Sanidad
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
1st Congress
19461949
Fidel Villanueva
2nd Congress
19491953
Ricardo Gacula
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
Godofredo S. Reyes[lower-alpha 2]
5th Congress
19611965
Pablo Sanidad[lower-alpha 3]
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972
Lucas V. Cauton
8th Congress
19871992
Eric D. Singson
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Grace G. Singson
12th Congress
20012004
Eric D. Singson
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Eric G. Singson, Jr.
16th Congress
20132016
Eric D. Singson
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Kristine Singson-Meehan

Notes

  1. Annexed to Ilocos Sur on February 4, 1920, but remained represented as part of the representation of Mountain Province until 1935. Extended the right to elect the representative of the second district of Ilocos Sur in 1935.
  2. Removed from list of members of the House of Representatives on January 25, 1960, after running in the November 10, 1959 election for governor of Ilocos Sur.[6]
  3. Only took oath of office for second term on January 21, 1969,[6] following a long legal battle over results of election contested by retired Brig. Gen. Lucas V. Cauton.[7]

1907–1916

Period Representative[6]
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Maximino Mina
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Jose Ma. del Valle
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Gregorio Talavera

Notes

  1. Annexed to Amburayan sub-province, Mountain Province May 15, 1907, but remained represented as part of the first district of Ilocos Sur until the arrangement was terminated on August 10, 1916 by virtue of Act No. 2657.

1916–1919

Period Representative[6]
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Ponciano Morales

1919–1935

Period Representative[6]
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Ponciano Morales
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Lupo Biteng
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Fidel Villanueva
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Prospero Sanidad

3rd District (defunct)

Period Representative[6]
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Juan Villamor
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Julio Borbon
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Eustaquio Purungganan

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period Representatives[6]
National Assembly
19431944
Fidel Villanueva[8]
Alejandro Quirologico (ex officio)[8]

1984–1986

Period Representatives[6]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Salacnib F. Baterina
Eric D. Singson

See also

References

  1. Philippine Legislature (1917). Public Laws Enacted by the Philippine Legislature, Acts No. 2657 to 2710. Bureau of Printing Office. p. 168. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  2. United States Philippine Commission (1907). Acts of the Philippine Commission, nos. 1539–1800, inclusive (Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive on June 21, 2009). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 153–155. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. Philippine Legislature (1916). Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands (Act No. 2657) (Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive on September 29, 2008). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 62. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. Philippine Legislature (1937). Public Laws Enacted by the Philippine Legislature, Acts No. 4203 to 4275. Bureau of Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  6. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  7. Supreme Court of the Philippines (April 27, 1967). "G.R. No. L-25467 - LUCAS V. CAUTON, Petitioner, v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and PABLO SANIDAD, Respondents". Chan Robles Law Library. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  8. Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.
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