Leyte's 4th congressional district

Leyte's 4th congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Leyte. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the city of Ormoc and adjacent municipalities of Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida and Palompon. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Lucy Torres Gomez of the PDP–Laban.[4]

Leyte's 4th congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Leyte's 4th congressional district in Leyte
Location of Leyte within the Philippines
ProvinceLeyte
RegionEastern Visayas
Population471,197 (2015)[1]
Electorate274,821 (2016)[2]
Major settlements
Area1,450.84 km2 (560.17 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeLucy Torres Gomez
Political party  PDP–Laban
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
# Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Leyte's 4th district for the Philippine Assembly

District created April 1, 1907.[5]
1 Jaime C. de Veyra October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1909
Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
2nd Re-elected in 1909. 1909–1916
Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
2 Francisco D. Enage October 16, 1912 February 5, 1915 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1912.
Resigned on appointment as Iloilo provincial prosecutor.
3 Ruperto Capunan September 18, 1915 October 16, 1916 Progresista Elected to finish Enage's term.

Leyte's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

(3) Ruperto Capunan October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 4th Progresista Re-elected in 1916. 1916–1931
Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
5th Nacionalista Re-elected in 1919.
4 Filomeno Montejo June 6, 1922 June 5, 1928 6th Nacionalista
Colectivista		 Elected in 1922.
7th Nacionalista
Consolidado		 Re-elected in 1925.
5 Cirilo Bayaya June 5, 1928 June 5, 1934 8th Nacionalista
Consolidado		 Elected in 1928.
9th Re-elected in 1931. 1931–1935
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
6 Fortunato M. Sevilla June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th Nacionalista
Democrático		 Elected in 1934.
# Member Term of office National
Assembly		 Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Leyte's 4th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

(2) Francisco D. Enage September 16, 1935 September 1, 1936 1st Nacionalista
Democrático		 Elected in 1935.
Resigned on appointment as presidential technical adviser.		 1935–1941
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
7 Norberto Romuáldez September 1, 1936 December 30, 1941 Nacionalista Elected to finish Enage's term.
2nd Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Leyte's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
# Member Term of office Common
wealth
Congress		 Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Leyte's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

District re-created May 24, 1945.
(4) Filomeno Montejo June 11, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1941. 1945–1946
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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8 Juan R. Pérez May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Liberal Elected in 1946. 1946–1949
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
9 Daniel Z. Romuáldez December 30, 1949 December 30, 1961 2nd Nacionalista Elected in 1949. 1949–1957
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
3rd Re-elected in 1953.
4th Re-elected in 1957. 1957–1961
Abuyog, Babatngon, Dulag, MacArthur, Mahaplag, Mayorga, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tacloban, Tanauan, Tolosa
10 Dominador M. Tan December 30, 1961 December 30, 1969 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1961. 1961–1972
Albuera, Bato, Baybay, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Kananga, Matalom, Ormoc
6th Liberal Re-elected in 1965.
11 Rodolfo M. Rivilla December 30, 1969 September 23, 1972 7th Nacionalista Elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the five-seat Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
12 Carmelo J. Locsin June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th PDP–Laban Elected in 1987. 1987–present
Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida, Ormoc, Palompon
9th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
13 Ma. Victoria L. Locsin June 30, 1998 December 10, 2002 11th NPC Elected in 1998.
12th Re-elected in 2001.
Election annulled by House electoral tribunal after an electoral protest.
14 Eufrocino M. Codilla Sr. December 11, 2002 June 30, 2010 Lakas–CMD Declared winner of 2001 elections.
13th Re-elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
15 Lucy Torres Gomez June 30, 2010 March 19, 2013 15th Liberal Elected in 2010.
Election annulled by the Supreme Court due to being an invalid substitution of disqualified candidate Richard Gomez.
June 30, 2013 Incumbent 16th Elected in 2013.
17th PDP–Laban Re-elected in 2016.
18th Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016
2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lucy Marie Gomez 137,601 62.50%
Aksyon Violy Codilla 82,557 37.50%
Valid ballots 220,158 89.86%
Margin of victory 55,044 25.00%
Invalid or blank votes 24,846 10.14%
Total votes 245,004 100.00%
Liberal hold

2013
2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lucy Torres-Gomez 106,291 53.29
Lakas Eric Codilla 78,662 39.44
Margin of victory 27,629 13.85%
Invalid or blank votes 14,510 7.27
Total votes 199,463 100.00
Liberal hold

2010
2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lucy Torres-Gomez 101,250 56.79
Lakas–Kampi Eufrocino Codilla, Jr. 76,549 42.93
Independent Silverio Tagolino 493 0.28
Valid ballots 178,292 94.01
Invalid or blank votes 11,352 5.99
Total votes 189,644 100.00
Liberal gain from Lakas–Kampi

See also

References
  1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

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