1910 La Laguna's 1st Philippine Assembly district special election

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1910 La Laguna's 1st assembly district special election
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La Laguna's 1st district seat in the Philippine Assembly
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CandidateMarcos PaulinoServillano Platon
Party Progresista Nacionalista
Popular vote1,4911,008
Percentage59.66%40.34%
Delegate before election

Potenciano Malvar
Nacionalista

Subsequent delegate

Marcos Paulino
Progresista

A special election (known elsewhere as "by-elections") for the seat of La Laguna's 1st district in the Philippine Assembly, the lower house of the Philippine Legislature of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, was held on December 13, 1910. This was triggered due to the appointment of the incumbent delegate Potenciano Malvar as the governor of La Laguna (now called simply as Laguna). Marcos Paulino won the special election, defeating Servillano Platón, a flip from the Nacionalista Party to the Progresista Party.

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Background

La Laguna's 1st district composed of the province's western municipalities of Alaminos, Bay, Binang, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauang, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, and Santa Rosa.

Juan Cailles, a Progresista Party stalwart, was to retire as governor of La Laguna. In the immediately preceding gubernatorial election, the Nacionalista Party's Domingo Ordoveza won, but Governor-General William Cameron Forbes, upon the advice of vice governor Newton W. Gilbert, was convinced that Ordoveza bought votes and refused to seat him nor Cailles, and will appoint someone from the Nacionalista Party instead. [1] On September 22, 1910, Forbes appointed Potenciano Malvar, the younger brother of Miguel Malvar and incumbent delegate from La Laguna's 1st district, as governor, succeeding Cailles. [2] La Democracia newspaper had opposed Malvar's appointment, pointing out that he was ineligible for the post as a sitting member of the Philippine Assembly. [3] La Democracia is the official organ of the Progresistas. [4] A day later, the Philippine Commission approved the appointment of Malvar as provincial governor. [5] On October 4, Forbes scheduled the special election for the vacant assembly seat on December 13. [6]

Candidates

A total of two persons ran to fill the vacant seat, namely:

Results

Marcos Paulino of the Progresista Party defeated Servillano Platón of the Nacionalistas. [7] The latter carried Calauang, Los Baños, Santa Rosa and San Pedro Tunasan, Binang saw a tied result, and the former won in Alaminos, Bay, Calamba, Cabuyao, Pila and San Pablo. Paulino's win increased the number of opposition Progresistas in the assembly during the 2nd Philippine Legislature. [8] Paulino took his oath of office at the Ayuntamiento de Manila on December 20, 1910. [9]

1910 La Laguna's 1st Philippine Assembly district special election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Marcos Paulino Progresista Party 1,49159.66
Servillano Platón Nacionalista Party 1,00840.34
Total2,499100.00
Majority48319.33
Progresista Party gain from Nacionalista Party
Source: The Cablenews-American

Per town

TownPaulinoPlatonTotal
Votes%Votes%
Alaminos 20074.07%7025.93%270
Bay 7650.33%7549.67%151
Binang 10650.00%10650.00%212
Cabuyao 9160.26%6039.74%151
Calamba 10766.46%5433.54%161
Calauang 3345.21%4054.79%73
Los Baños 2130.88%4769.12%68
Pila 6451.61%6048.39%124
San Pablo 72567.32%35232.68%1,077
San Pedro Tunasan 3543.75%4556.25%80
Santa Rosa 3325.00%9975.00%132
Total1,49159.66%1,00840.34%2,499

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References

  1. ↑ "Ordoveza not to be Governor of Laguna". The Cablenews-American. 1910-09-20. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "Malvar succeeds Cailles". The Cablenews-American. 1910-09-23. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Selection don't suit Democracia". The Cablenews-American. 1910-09-23. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Bonifacio, Erwin (2021-11-10). "Gubernatorial elections in Capiz (1907)". The Capiz Times. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Malvar confirmed as governor". The Cablenews-American. 1910-09-24. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "By Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, A Proclamation". The Cablenews-American. 1910-10-06. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Progresista wins in Laguna province". The Cablenews-American. 1910-12-15. p. 3.
  8. ↑ "Progresista wins by big majority". The Cablenews-American. 1910-12-20.
  9. ↑ "Assembly notes". The Cablenews-American. 1910-12-21. p. 8.
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