Legislative districts of Palawan

The legislative districts of Palawan are the representations of the province of Palawan and the highly urbanized city of Puerto Princesa in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, and third congressional districts.

History

Palawan initially comprised a single assembly district from 1907 to 1972. 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 eighth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Palawan was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 10171 in 2012 separated Puerto Princesa and Aborlan from the second district to form the third district,[2] which first elected its own representative in the 2013 elections.

1st District

1st District of Palawan
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
David A. Ponce de Leon
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
Vicente A. Sandoval
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Antonio C. Alvarez
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
16th Congress
20132016
Franz Josef George E. Alvarez
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022

2nd District

Period Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Frederick F. Abueg
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Cyrille F. Abueg-Zaldivar

1987–2013

2nd District of Palawan, from 1987 to 2013
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
9th Congress
19921995
Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Victorino Dennis M. Socrates

Notes

  1. Declared highly-urbanized city through Presidential Proclamation No. 1264,[4] affirmed by plebiscite held on July 9, 2007;[5] only votes with Palawan for congressional representation beginning in the 2010 elections. Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials in accordance with Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.[6]

3rd District

Period Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Douglas S. Hagedorn
17th Congress
20162019
Gil P. Acosta
18th Congress
20192022
Gil A. Acosta Jr.

Notes

  1. Declared highly-urbanized city through Presidential Proclamation No. 1264,[4] affirmed by plebiscite held on July 9, 2007;[5] only votes with Palawan for congressional representation beginning in the 2010 elections. Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials in accordance with Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.[6]

Lone District (defunct)

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Santiago M. Patero
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Manuel Sandoval
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Ramon De Jesus
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Patricio Fernandez
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Claudio R. Sandoval
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Sofronio Española
1st Congress
19461949
2nd Congress
19491953
Gaudencio E. Abordo[lower-alpha 1]
Sofronio Española
3rd Congress
19531957
Gaudencio E. Abordo
4th Congress
19571961
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.[lower-alpha 2]
7th Congress
19691972
vacant

Notes

  1. Replaced by Sofronio Española as per House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal decision on March 6, 1953.
  2. Elected to the Senate in 1971.

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period Representative
National Assembly
19431944
Iñigo R. Peña
Patricio Fernandez (ex officio)

1984–1986

Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.

References

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