Legislative district of Batanes

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The legislative district of Batanes is the representation of the province of Batanes in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.

History

Further information: Legislative districts of Cagayan

Batanes was initially represented as part of the first district of Cagayan in the 1st Philippine Legislature, having been annexed to that province since the passage of Philippine Commission Act No. 209 on August 22, 1901. Upon its re-establishment as a regular province on May 20, 1909 by virtue of Act No. 1952, Batanes was granted separate representation, and elected its first representative later that year.

When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the first senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the province was re-annexed to Cagayan and represented as part of that province in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province's continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region II from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Batanes retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution ^[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

• Population (2015): 17,246

Period	Representative [2]
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Teofilo Castillejos [lower-alpha 1]
	Vicente Barsana [lower-alpha 2]
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Juan G. Castillejos
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Claudio Castillejos
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Vicente Agan
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Mariano Lizardo
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Vicente Agan
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	vacant [lower-alpha 3]
1st Congress 1946–1949	Anastacio Agan
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Jorge A. Abad
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961	Manuel Agudo
5th Congress 1961–1965	Jorge A. Abad [lower-alpha 4]
	vacant
6th Congress 1965–1969	Aurora B. Abad
7th Congress 1969–1972	vacant
	Jorge A. Abad [lower-alpha 5]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Florencio B. Abad [lower-alpha 6]
	vacant
9th Congress 1992–1995	Enrique C. Lizardo
10th Congress 1995–1998	Florencio B. Abad
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Henedina Abad
14th Congress 2007–2010	Carlo Oliver D. Diasnes
15th Congress 2010–2013	Henedina Abad [lower-alpha 7]
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019
	vacant [lower-alpha 8]
18th Congress 2019–2022	Ciriaco B. Gato Jr.

Notes

1. Died in 1911. ^[2]
2. Won the special election held on September 5, 1911 to fill the vacant seat. ^[2]
3. Vicente Agan was elected on November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.
4. Appointed Secretary of Public Works on June 22, 1964. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 5th Congress. ^[2]
5. Only took oath of office on June 30, 1970, ^[2] following the resolution of court case filed by Rufino S. Antonio Jr. ^[3]
6. Appointed Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 12, 1989. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 8th Congress. ^[2]
7. Died in office on October 8, 2017. ^[4] Seat remained vacant until the end of the 17th Congress.
8. Quezon City's 4th District Representative Feliciano Belmonte Jr. was designated caretaker representative from November 20, 2017 to October 9, 2018. ^[5] He was succeeded by Pangasinan's 3rd District Representative Rose Marie Arenas who was designated on October 10, 2018 and served until the end of the 17th Congress. ^[6]

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative [2]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Fernando C. Faberes

See also

• Legislative districts of Cagayan

References

1. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
2. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
3. Supreme Court of the Philippines (April 17, 1970). "G.R. No. L-31604. Rufino S. Antonio, Jr. v. Commission on Elections, et al". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
4. "Batanes Rep. Dina Abad dies at 62". CNN Philippines. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
5. Cupin, Bea (November 21, 2017). "Sonny Belmonte is Batanes' caretaker in House". Rappler. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
6. Cepeda, Mara (October 11, 2018). "Baby Arenas is new Batanes caretaker in House". Rappler. Retrieved October 16, 2020.