Legislative districts of Leyte

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The legislative districts of Leyte are the representations of the province of Leyte, the independent component city of Ormoc, and highly urbanized city of Tacloban in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province, together with the independent cities are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts.

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Southern Leyte and Biliran last formed part of the province's representation in 1961 and 1995, respectively.

History

Leyte was originally divided into four congressional districts from 1907 until 1931, when it was redistricted to five congressional districts by virtue of Act No. 3788. [1]

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 ninth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its five pre-war representative districts.

Even after receiving their own city charters, Ormoc and Tacloban remained part of the representation of the Province of Leyte by virtue of Section 90 of Republic Act No. 179 (June 21, 1947), [2] and Section 91 of Republic Act No. 760 (June 20, 1952), [3] respectively.

Republic Act No. 2227, enacted on May 22, 1959, created the province of Southern Leyte from the southern municipalities of Leyte that constituted its third congressional district. [4] Per Section 5 of R.A. 2227, the incumbent representatives of all five districts of Leyte continued to serve for the remainder of 4th Congress. Starting in the 1961 elections, Leyte's remaining four districts were renumbered; the first, second, fourth and fifth districts were re-designated as the third, fourth, first and second districts, respectively.

Leyte was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984. The province returned five representatives, elected at-large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was re-apportioned into five districts, [5] each of which elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

A plebiscite held on May 11, 1992, approved the establishment of Biliran (a sub-province of Leyte since 1959 [6] ) as a regular province, by virtue of Section 462 of Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991). [7] Biliran continued to be represented as part of the third district of Leyte until it elected its own representative in the 1995 elections.

Current districts

Legislative districts and representatives of Leyte
DistrictCurrent RepresentativePartyConstituent LGUs Population (2020) [8] Area [9] Map
ImageName
1st Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez.jpg Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez
(since 2019)		 Lakas 534,120988.74 km² Ph fil congress leyte 1d.png
2nd Rep. Lolita Javier (19th Congress).jpg Lolita T. Javier
(since 2019)		 Nacionalista 417,6511,476.72 km² Ph fil congress leyte 2d.png
3rd Rep. Anna Victoria Tuazon (19th Congress).jpg Anna Victoria V. Tuazon
(since 2022)		 NUP 179,492651.64 km² Ph fil congress leyte 3d.png
4th Rep. Richard Gomez (19th Congress).jpg Richard I. Gomez
(since 2022)		 PFP 492,0351,450.84 km² Ph fil congress leyte 4d.png
5th HoR Official Portrait (18th Congress) - Carl Cari.jpg Carl Nicolas C. Cari
(since 2019)		 Lakas 405,4301,947.11 km² Ph fil congress leyte 5d.png
Notes
  1. ↑ Does not vote for provincial officials since becoming a highly urbanized city in 1988. Only votes with Leyte for representation in the various national legislatures.

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

PeriodRepresentatives [10]
National Assembly
1943–1944		 Jose Maria Veloso [11]
Bernardo Torres (ex officio) [11]

1984–1986

PeriodRepresentatives [10]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		Damian V. Aldaba
Artemio E. Mate
Emiliano J. Melgazo
Benjamin T. Romualdez
Alberto S. Veloso

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References

  1. ↑ Philippine Legislature (1935). "Public laws enacted by the Philippine Legislature: during the period from Sept. 1, 1900 to Nov. 14, 1935; comprising acts nos. 1 to 4275, Volume 31" . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Congress of the Philippines (June 21, 1947). "Republic Act No. 179 – An Act Creating Ormoc City". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Congress of the Philippines (June 20, 1952). "Republic Act No. 760 – An Act Creating the City of Tacloban". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Republic Act No. 2227 - An Act Creating the Province of Southern Leyte". The LawPhil Project. May 22, 1959. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Republic Act No. 2141 - An Act Creating the Sub-Province of Biliran". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ Congress of the Philippines (October 10, 1991). "Republic Act No. 7160 - Local Government Code of 1991" . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  11. 1 2 Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.
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