Albay's at-large congressional district

Albay's at-large congressional district may refer to three occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from Albay.

From 1898 to 1901, five representatives from the province who were elected at-large sat in the Malolos Congress, the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic. ^[1] Albay was reorganized under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands in 1901 with Catanduanes annexed to it and was divided into three districts for the Philippine Assembly in 1907. ^{[2] [3]} From 1943 to 1944, the province as a whole sent two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. ^[4] Multiple district representation was restored in the province in 1945. In 1978, regional at-large assembly districts were created for the national parliament with Albay included in the 12-seat Region V's at-large district. The province returned to its own single multi-member at-large district in 1984 with a three-seat delegation for the Regular Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic. ^[5]

After 1986, Albay elected its representatives from its congressional districts. ^[6]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B						Seat C						Seat D						Seat E
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District created June 18, 1898. [7] [1]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st				Marcial Calleja	Independent	Elected in 1898.				Salvador V. del Rosario	Independent	Elected in 1898.				Honorato Agrava	Independent	Appointed.				Pantaleón García	Independent	Appointed.				Aguedo Velarde	Independent	Appointed.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created September 7, 1943. [4]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	1st				Pío Durán	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.				Julián L. Locsín Jr.	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Seat A						Seat B						Seat C
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created February 1, 1984. [5]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd				Pedro Marcellana Jr.	UNIDO	Elected in 1984.				Peter A. Sabido	KBL	Elected in 1984.				Victor Ziga	UNIDO	Elected in 1984.

See also

• Legislative districts of Albay

References

1. "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 February 15, 2021.
2. "Act No. 169, (1901-07-16)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
3. "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
4. "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved February 15, 2021.
5. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
6. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
7. "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved February 15, 2021.