Misamis Occidental's at-large congressional district

Misamis Occidental's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district of the Philippines that encompassed the entire province of Misamis Occidental. It was created ahead of the 1931 Philippine House of Representatives elections following the 1929 division of Misamis into two provinces. ^[1] The district elected one member to the final two meetings of the Philippine Assembly from 1931 to 1935 and to the Commonwealth National Assembly from 1935 to 1941. ^[2]

Two members represented the district in the Second Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944. It returned to a single-member constituency for the restored House of Representatives in both the Commonwealth Congress from 1945 to 1946 and all seven meetings post-independence until 1972. The district was last contested at the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election and was abolished following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution. ^[3]

Representation history

#	Term of office		Legislature		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District created November 2, 1929. Redistricted from Misamis's 2nd district. [1]
1	June 2, 1931	September 16, 1935	9th				José Ozámiz	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
			10th					Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1934.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
(1)	September 15, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st				José Ozámiz	Nacionalista Democrático	Re-elected in 1935.
			2nd					Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A						Seat B
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history		Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created September 7, 1943. [4]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	3rd				Rufino J. Abadíez	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.				P.M. Stuart del Rosario	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Common wealth Congress		Single seat					Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created May 24, 1945.
2	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st				Eugenio Stuart del Rosario	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
3	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1953	1st				Porfirio G. Villarín	Liberal	Elected in 1946.
			2nd						Re-elected in 1949.
4	December 30, 1953	March 17, 1962	3rd				William L. Chiongbian	Liberal	Elected in 1953.
			4th						Re-elected in 1957.
			5th						Re-elected in 1961. Removed from office after an electoral protest.
5	March 17, 1962	December 30, 1965					Guillermo C. Sambo	Nacionalista	Declared winner of 1961 elections.
(4)	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6th				William L. Chiongbian	Nacionalista	Elected in 1965.
			7th						Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the nine-seat Region X's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Single seat
	Start	End			Image		Member	Party	Electoral history
District re-created February 1, 1984. [5]
6	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd				Henry A. Regalado	Independent	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Misamis Occidental's 1st and 2nd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Misamis Occidental

References

1. "Act No. 3537, (1929-11-02)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
2. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved February 21, 2021.
3. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
4. "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved February 21, 2021.
5. "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved February 21, 2021.