Laguna's 1st congressional district

Laguna's 1st congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Laguna within the Philippines
Province	Laguna
Region	Calabarzon
Population	326,001 (2020) [1]
Electorate	174,499 (2022) [2]
Major settlements	San Pedro
Area	24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Ann Matibag
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Congressional bloc	Majority

Laguna's 1st congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Laguna, formerly La Laguna. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. ^[3] The district currently consists of the northwestern city of San Pedro. It also encompassed the western Laguna municipalities of Alaminos, Bay, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, and Victoria until 1972; Biñan until 2016; ^[4] and Santa Rosa until 2022. ^{[5] [6] [7]} It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ann Matibag of Lakas–CMD. ^{[8] [9]}

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District created January 9, 1907. [10] [11]
1			Pedro Paterno (1857–1911)	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Alaminos, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, Santa Rosa
2			Potenciano Malvar (1867–1964)	October 16, 1909	October 1, 1910	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1909. Resigned on appointment as La Laguna governor.	1909–1916 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, Santa Rosa
3			Marcos Paulino (1871–1951)	December 20, 1910	October 16, 1912		Progresista	Elected in 1910 to finish Malvar's term.
4			Servillano Platón (1877–1953)	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
5			Feliciano Gómez (1882–1944)	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
6			Vicente Ocampo	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.	1919–1935 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
7			Tomás Dizon (1888–??)	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
						7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1925.
8			Román Gesmundo	June 5, 1928	June 2, 1931	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
(5)			Feliciano Gómez (1882–1944)	June 2, 1931	June 5, 1934	9th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
9			Aurelio C. Almazán	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Sakdalista	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
(7)			Tomás Dizon (1888–??)	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
						2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Laguna's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
District re-created May 24, 1945.
10			Conrado Potenciano (1888-1951)	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
#	Image		Image	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
11			Eduardo A. Barretto	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Liberal	Elected in 1946.	1946–1949 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
12			Manuel A. Concordia	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.	1949–1972 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Victoria
13			Jacobo Z. Gonzales	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1961	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
						4th		Re-elected in 1957.
14			Joaquín E. Chipeco	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1961.
(12)			Manuel A. Concordia	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
(14)			Joaquín E. Chipeco	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	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, followed by the four-seat Laguna's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
15			Nereo R. Joaquin (born 1939)	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1992	8th	LABAN	Elected in 1987.	1987–2016 Biñan, San Pedro, Santa Rosa
16			Roy M. Almoro	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	9th	Lakas	Elected in 1992.
(15)			Nereo R. Joaquin (born 1939)	June 30, 1995	June 30, 1998	10th	NPC	Elected in 1995.
17			Uliran T. Joaquin (born 1944)	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	LAMMP	Elected in 1998.
						12th	NPC	Re-elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
18			Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez (born 1966)	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2016	14th	Lakas	Elected in 2007. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal November 20, 2009 but reversed by Supreme Court January 4, 2010.
						15th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2010.
						16th		Re-elected in 2013.
19			Arlene B. Arcillas (born 1969)	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2019	17th	Liberal	Elected in 2016.	2016–2022 San Pedro, Santa Rosa
							PDP–Laban
(18)			Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez (born 1966)	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2022	18th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2019. Redistricted to Santa Rosa's at-large district.
							NUP
20			Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes G. Matibag (born 1984)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	19th	PDP–Laban	Elected in 2022.	2022–present San Pedro
							Lakas

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ann Matibag	69,815	50.68
	Nacionalista	Dave Almarinez	53,783	39.04
	PRP	Dave Aldave	5,346	3.88
	Liberal	Kathleen Kay Gilbuena	4,028	2.92
	Independent	Edsel Mercado, Jr.	3,889	2.82
	Independent	John Gilbuena	895	0.64
Total votes			137,756	100.00
	PDP–Laban gain from NUP

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Danilo Fernandez	188,929	100.00
Total votes			188,929	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno	196,440	73.45
Invalid or blank votes			71,012	26.55
Total votes			267,452	100.00
	Liberal hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Danilo Ramon Fernandez	131,384	63.30
	PDP–Laban	Gat-Ala Alatiit, Jr.	43,441	20.93
Margin of victory			87,943	42.37%
Invalid or blank votes			32,717	15.76
Total votes			207,542	100.00
	Liberal hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Danilo Fernandez	219,439	75.89
	NPC	Uliran Joaquin	69,715	24.11
Valid ballots			289,154	94.82
Invalid or blank votes			15,783	5.18
Total votes			304,937	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2007

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Danilo Fernandez	95,927	43.74%
	NPC	Nereo Joaquin, Jr.	61,891	28.22%
	Independent	Felicisimo Vierneza	46,541	21.22%
	PMP	Gabnulang Alatiit	14,519	6.62%
	Liberal	Libreto Patromo	426	0.19%
Total votes			219,304	100.00
	Lakas gain from NPC

2004

2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Uliran Joaquin	166,558	70.46%
	Lakas	Melvin Matibag	69,812	29.54%
Total votes			236,370	100.00
	NPC hold

2001

2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Uliran Joaquin	136,795	83.23%
	Lakas	Arturo Anas	24,497	14.91%
	Independent	Cornelio Lauron, Jr.	3,056	1.86%
Total votes			164,348	100.00
	NPC hold

1998

1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LAMMP	Uliran Joaquin	111,659	56.01
	Lakas	Calixto Cataquiz	77,736	38.99%
	Reporma	Reynaldo Cardeno	8,569	4.3%
	PDP–Laban	Jacinto Lappay	1,396	0.7%
Total votes			199,360	100.00
	LAMMP hold

1995

1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Nereo Joaquin	71,692	53.39%
	Lakas	Roy Almoro	62,576	46.61%
Total votes			134,268	100.00
	LDP gain from Lakas

1992

1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Roy Almoro	44,756	37.72
	NPC	Noe Zarate	31,835	26.83
	LDP	Roman Artes	15,360	12.95
	Nacionalista	Rodolfo Galang	11,364	9.58
	Independent	Potenciano Flores, Jr.	5,544	4.67
	KBL	Leonardo Lazarte	3,928	3.31
	NUCD	Luis Alberto	3,326	2.80
	KBL	Victor Escueta	1,994	1.68
	Lakas	Roland Rivera	548	0.46
Total votes			118,655	100.00

1910 special

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progresista	Marcos Paulino	1,491	59.66
	Nacionalista	Servillano Platón	1,008	40.34
Total votes			2,499	100.00
	Progresista gain from Nacionalista

See also

• Legislative districts of Laguna

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