La Union's at-large congressional district is an obsolete electoral district that was used for electing members of Philippine national legislatures in La Union before 1987.[1]
La Union first elected its representatives at-large during the 1898 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the Malolos Congress, the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic, with additional seats granted to two appointed delegates.[2] Following the installation of U.S. civil government in 1901 and the reorganization of provinces for the Philippine Assembly, La Union was divided into a first and second district.[1] The provincewide electoral district was re-created ahead of the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic, with an additional seat assigned to its provincial governor.[3] The district became inactive again following the restoration of the House of Representatives in 1945 when La Union returned to electing its representatives from its two districts.[1] In the unicameral Batasang Pambansa that replaced the House in 1978, La Union was included in the multi-member regional electoral district of Region I (Ilocos Region) for its interim parliament. The district was again utilized in the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election when La Union was granted two seats in the regular parliament.[1][4]
After 1986, La Union elected its representatives from its two single-member congressional districts restored under a new constitution.[5]
Representation history
edit| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||
Union's at-large district for the Malolos Congressedit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898.[2][6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | Joaquín Luna | Independent | Elected in 1898. | Miguel Paterno | Independent | Appointed. | Mateo del Rosario | Independent | Appointed. | ||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | ||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||||
La Union's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)edit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | Rufino Macagba | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | Bonifacio Tadiar | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | |||||||||
| District dissolved into La Union's 1st and 2nd districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa |
Seat A | Seat B | ||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||||
La Union's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansaedit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Jose Aspiras | KBL | Elected in 1984. | Joaquin L. Ortega | KBL | Elected in 1984. | |||||||||
| District dissolved into La Union's 1st and 2nd districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "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 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "Batas Pambansa Blg. 643, (1983-12-21)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 18, 2021.