Masbate's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Masbate for various national legislatures before 1987. [1] The province had its representatives elected or appointed province-wide at-large from its reorganization under Article 6 of the Decreto de 18 junio de 1898 y las instrucciones sobre el régimen de las provincias y pueblos for the Malolos Congress in 1898 until the creation of a first, second and third district on February 2, 1987. [2] [3] It was represented as a single-member district when it was re-established as a regular province separate from Sorsogon in 1920 and took part in five legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1922 to 1935, the three legislatures of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, and the seven congresses of the Third Philippine Republic from 1946 to 1972. [1]
Masbate was allocated an additional seat on three separate occasions in its history. From 1898 to 1901, the province, then known as Masbate y Ticao, was represented by two members in the National Assembly (Malolos Congress) of the First Philippine Republic, with a separate representation for the then island province of Burias. It also sent two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944 and the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986.
After 1986, all representatives were elected from its congressional districts. [1]
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
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Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Masbate y Ticao's at-large district for the Malolos Congress | |||||||||||||
District created June 18, 1898. [2] [4] | |||||||||||||
– | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | Alberto Barretto | Independent | Appointed. | Máximo Cabigting | Independent | Appointed. | ||||
# | Term of office | Legislature | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands | |||||||||||||
District re-created December 15, 1920. [5] | |||||||||||||
1 | June 6, 1922 | June 2, 1925 | 6th | Pablo de la Rosa | Nacionalista Colectivista | Redistricted from Sorsogon's 2nd district and re-elected in 1922. | |||||||
2 | June 2, 1925 | June 5, 1928 | 7th | Eduardo Marcaido | Nacionalista Consolidado | Elected in 1925. | |||||||
3 | June 5, 1928 | June 5, 1934 | 8th | Pío V. Corpus | Nacionalista Consolidado | Elected in 1928. | |||||||
9th | Re-elected in 1931. | ||||||||||||
4 | June 5, 1934 | September 16, 1935 | 10th | Emilio B. Espinosa | Nacionalista Democrático | Elected in 1934. | |||||||
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |||||||||||||
(3) | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st | Pío V. Corpus | Nacionalista Democrático | Elected in 1935. | |||||||
2nd | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | |||||||||||
# | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) | |||||||||||||
District re-created September 7, 1943. [6] | |||||||||||||
– | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | Emilio B. Espinosa | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | Pío V. Corpus | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | ||||
# | Term of office | Common wealth Congress | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
District re-created May 24, 1945. | |||||||||||||
(4) | June 11, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | Emilio B. Espinosa | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | |||||||
# | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | ||||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
(4) | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1953 | 1st | Emilio B. Espinosa | Liberal | Re-elected in 1946. | |||||||
2nd | Re-elected in 1949. | ||||||||||||
5 | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1957 | 3rd | Mateo Pecson | Liberal | Elected in 1953. | |||||||
6 | December 30, 1957 | December 30, 1965 | 4th | Emilio R. Espinosa Jr. | Nacionalista | Elected in 1957. | |||||||
5th | Re-elected in 1961. | ||||||||||||
7 | December 30, 1965 | December 30, 1969 | 6th | Andrés Clemente Jr. | Nacionalista | Elected in 1965. | |||||||
(6) | December 30, 1969 | September 23, 1972 | 7th | Emilio R. Espinosa Jr. | Nacionalista | Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | |||||||
District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region V's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa. | |||||||||||||
# | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||
Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Masbate's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa | |||||||||||||
District re-created February 1, 1984. [7] | |||||||||||||
– | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Jolly T. Fernandez | UNIDO | Elected in 1984. | Venancio L. Yaneza | Independent | Elected in 1984. Died September 9, 1984. | ||||
District dissolved into Masbate's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts. |
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