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The legislative districts of Catanduanes are the representations of the province of Catanduanes 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.
Catanduanes was represented as part of Albay's second district from 1907 to 1931, and fully comprised that province's fourth district from 1931 to 1946. It started electing its own representative in 1946, after becoming a full-fledged province in 1945. From 1978 to 1984 it was part of the representation of Region V.
Beginning in 2019, the districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Catanduanes. Prior to 2019 when the province was just one congressional district, the Commission on Elections divided the province into two provincial board districts.
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1st Congress 1946–1949 | Francisco A. Perfecto |
| 2nd Congress 1949–1953 | Severiano P. De Leon |
| 3rd Congress 1953–1957 | Francisco A. Perfecto |
| 4th Congress 1957–1961 | Jose M. Alberto |
| 5th Congress 1961–1965 | |
| 6th Congress 1965–1969 | |
| 7th Congress 1969–1972 | |
| 8th Congress 1987–1992 | Moises M. Tapia |
| 9th Congress 1992–1995 | Leandro B. Verceles, Jr. |
| 10th Congress 1995–1998 | |
| 11th Congress 1998–2001 | |
| 12th Congress 2001–2004 | Joseph A. Santiago |
| 13th Congress 2004–2007 | |
| 14th Congress 2007–2010 | |
| 15th Congress 2010–2013 | Cesar V. Sarmiento |
| 16th Congress 2013–2016 | |
| 17th Congress 2016–2019 | |
| 18th Congress 2019–2022 | Hector S. Sanchez |
| 19th Congress 2022–2025 | Eulogio R. Rodriguez |
| Period | Representative |
|---|---|
| Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 | Jose M. Alberto |
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