Negros Oriental's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district that was used to elect members of Philippine national legislatures in Negros Oriental before 1987.[1]

Negros Oriental first elected its representatives at-large in the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[2] Before 1943, the province which also included the territory of present-day Siquijor province was represented in the national legislatures through its first and second districts.[1] The province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates residing in Luzon.[3]

The two districts were restored in Negros Oriental ahead of the 1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province again until the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for three seats in the Batasang Pambansa. It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that divided Negros Oriental into three congressional districts.[1][4]

Representation history

# Term of office National
Assembly		 Seat A Seat B Seat C
StartEnd Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Negros Oriental's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898.[3][5]
– September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st Mariano Oriola Independent Appointed. Pío del Pilar Independent Appointed. Luciano San Miguel Independent Appointed.
# Term of office National
Assembly		 Seat A Seat B Seats eliminated
StartEnd Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Negros Oriental's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943.[2]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st Julián L. Teves KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Guillermo Z. Villanueva KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Negros Oriental's 1st and 2nd districts.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa		 Seat A Seat B Seat C
StartEnd Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Negros Oriental's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Ricardo D. Abiera KBL Elected in 1984. Andres C. Bustamante KBL Elected in 1984. Emilio Macias KBL Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Negros Oriental's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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