Agusan's at-large congressional district

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Agusan's at-large congressional district may refer to several occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to Philippine national legislatures from the formerly undivided province of Agusan.

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Agusan was created as a special province from territories previously organized under Surigao and parts of Misamis in 1907. [1] As a special province, Agusan was under the direct supervision of the Department of the Interior Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes and was unrepresented in the Philippine Assembly. [2] In 1913, the province was transferred to the direct control and jurisdiction of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu whose representatives to the national legislature were appointed by the Governor General as one at-large district beginning with the 4th Philippine Legislature in 1916. [3] In 1934 following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, Agusan elected its own delegate for the first time to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention which was charged with the drafting of a new constitution for the Commonwealth of the Philippines. [4] The province then began to send a representative to the Commonwealth National Assembly from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution. [5]

Agusan was also represented in the Second Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It also elected a representative to the restored House of Representatives and to the first six congresses of the Third Philippine Republic. After the 1967 division of Agusan, the district was abolished and replaced by Agusan del Norte's and Agusan del Sur's at-large districts. [2] [6]

Representation history

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Agusan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

District created February 8, 1935. [5]
1September 16, 1935December 30, 1941 1st Apolonio D. Curato Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia (nominal)
Liga Popular Aguseña		 Elected in 1935.
2nd Nacionalista
Liga Popular Aguseña		 Re-elected in 1938.
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Agusan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943. [7]
–September 25, 1943February 2, 19443rd Elisa Ochoa KALIBAPI Elected in 1943.Ramón Z. Aguirre KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
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Agusan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

District re-created May 24, 1945.
2June 11, 1945May 25, 1946 1st Elisa Ochoa Nacionalista Elected in 1941.
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Agusan's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

3May 25, 1946December 30, 1953 1st Marcos M. Calo Liberal Elected in 1946.
2nd Re-elected in 1949.
4December 30, 1953December 30, 1965 3rd Guillermo R. Sánchez Nacionalista Elected in 1953.
4th Re-elected in 1957.
5th Re-elected in 1961.
5December 30, 1965December 30, 1969 6th José C. Aquino Liberal Elected in 1965.
District dissolved into Agusan del Norte's and Agusan del Sur's at-large districts.

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References

  1. ↑ "Act No. 1693, (1907-08-20)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Act No. 2309, (1913-12-20)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Act No. 4125, (1934-05-26)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "The 1935 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Republic Act No. 4979". Official Gazette (Philippines). June 17, 1967. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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