Legislative districts of Masbate

The legislative districts of Masbate are the representations of the province of Masbate 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 first, second, and third congressional districts.

History

See also: Legislative districts of Sorsogon

Masbate initially comprised a single district in 1898, when it elected two representatives to the Malolos Congress that lasted until 1899. The island of Burias, currently part of Masbate, also had a separate representation during such legislature. ^[1]

Masbate later became part of the second district of Sorsogon from 1907 to 1922. Separating from Sorsogon to be reestablished as an independent province in 1920, the province regained its representation effective in 1922. ^[2] It was part of the representation of Region V from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected two assemblymen at-large. In 1987, it was redistricted into three legislative districts under the new Constitution ^[3] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Current Districts

Legislative districts and representatives of Masbate

District	Current Representative			Party	Constituent LGUs	Population (2020) [4]	Area [5]	Map
	Image		Name
1st			Antonio T. Kho (since 2025) San Jacinto	Lakas–CMD	List Batuan Claveria Monreal San Fernando San Jacinto San Pascual	177,651	814.48 km2
2nd			Elisa Kho (since 2022) Masbate City	Lakas–CMD	List Aroroy Baleno Balud Mandaon Masbate City Milagros Mobo	404,366	2,053.25 km2
3rd			Wilton Kho (since 2019) Uson	Lakas–CMD	List Cataingan Cawayan Dimasalang Esperanza Palanas Pio V. Corpus Placer Uson	326,903	1,284.05 km2

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Pablo de la Rosa
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Eduardo Marcaida
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Pio V. Corpus
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Emilio B. Espinosa Sr.
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Pio V. Corpus
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Emilio B. Espinosa Sr.
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Mateo S. Pecson
4th Congress 1957–1961	Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Andres Clemente, Jr.
7th Congress 1969–1972	Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Pio V. Corpus
	Emilio B. Espinosa Sr.

1984–1986

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Jolly T. Fernandez
	Venancio L. Yaneza

See also

• Legislative districts of Sorsogon

References

1. "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 January 13, 2023.
2. Act No. 2934 (December 15, 1920), AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SEPARATION OF THE SUBPROVINEE OF MASBATE FROM THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF MASBATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES., Lawyerly, retrieved January 1, 2023
3. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance" . Retrieved January 1, 2023.
4. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 17, 2022.
5. "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2022.