Cavite's at-large congressional district

Cavite's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Cavite for various national legislatures before 1987. ^[1] The province elected its representatives province-wide at-large from its reorganization under Article 6 of the Decreto de 18 junio de 1898 y las instrucciones sobre el régimen de las provincias y pueblos for the Malolos Congress in 1898 until the creation of a first, second and third district on February 2, 1987. ^{[2] [3]} It was a single-member district throughout the ten legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1907 to 1935, the three legislatures of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, and the first seven congresses of the republic from 1946 to 1972. ^[1]

On three occasions in its history, Cavite sent more than one member to the national legislatures who were also elected at-large. Four representatives were elected to the National Assembly (Malolos Congress) of the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901, two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944 (excluding Cavite City, which was represented separately), and three representatives to the Regular Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986.

After 1986, all representatives were elected from congressional districts. ^[1]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B						Seat C						Seat D
	Start	End			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. [2] [4]
–	September 15, 1898	March 23, 1901	1st				Severino de las Alas	Independent	Elected in 1898.				José Basa	Independent	Elected in 1898.				Hugo Ilagan	Independent	Elected in 1898.				José Salamanca	Independent	Elected in 1898.
#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat					Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created January 9, 1907. [5] [6]
1	October 16, 1907	July 1, 1908	1st				Rafael Palma	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907. Resigned on appointment as Philippine commissioner.
2	January 19, 1909	October 16, 1912					Emiliano Tria Tirona	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909 to finish Palma's term.
			2nd					Independent	Re-elected in 1909.
3	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd				Florentino Joya	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
(2)	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th				Emiliano Tría Tirona	Demócrata	Elected in 1916.
4	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th				Emilio P. Virata	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
5	June 6, 1922	June 2, 1925	6th				Pedro F. Espíritu	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.
6	June 2, 1925	July 3, 1925	7th				Augusto A. Reyes	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925. Died.
7	August 15, 1925	June 15, 1929					Antero Soriano	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1925 to finish Reyes's term.
			8th						Re-elected in 1928. Died.
8	August 24, 1929	June 2, 1931					Fidel Ibáñez	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1929 to finish Soriano's term.
(2)	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th				Emiliano Tría Tirona	Demócrata	Elected in 1931.
9	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th				Francisco Arca	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
10	September 16, 1935	October 11, 1939	1st				Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.
			2nd					Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938. Election annulled after an electoral protest.
11	November 2, 1939	December 30, 1941					Manuel S. Rojas	Nacionalista	Declared winner of 1938 elections.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B					Seats restored
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created September 7, 1943. [7]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	1st				Demetrio B. Encarnación	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.				Luís Y. Ferrer	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Common wealth Congress		Single seat					Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(10)	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st				Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
(10)	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st				Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.
(11)	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd				Manuel S. Rojas	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
12	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1957	3rd				José T. Cajulis	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
(10)	December 30, 1957	September 23, 1972	4th				Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista	Elected in 1957.
			5th						Re-elected in 1961.
			6th						Re-elected in 1965.
			7th					Liberal	Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Seat A						Seat B						Seat C					Seats restored
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created February 1, 1984. [8]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd				Helena Benitez	KBL	Elected in 1984.				Renato P. Dragon	KBL	Elected in 1984.				Cesar Virata	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Cavite's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Cavite

References

1. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
2. "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
3. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines – Ordinance". Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
4. "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 2 May 2020.
5. "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
6. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
7. "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
8. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2020.