Mountain Province Provincial Board

Mountain Province Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Lalawigang Bulubundukin
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Jose O. Dominguez, Independent since June 30, 2025
Structure
Seats	12 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	PFP (4)   Nacionalista (3)   LDP (1)   Independent (2)   TBD (1)   Nonpartisan (3)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members) Acclamation (sectoral member)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 15, 2028
Meeting place
Mountain Province Capitol, Bontoc

The Mountain Province Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Mountain Province.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having four seats. A voter votes up to four names, with the top four candidates per district being elected. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). Mountain Province's provincial board also has a reserved seat for its indigenous people (IPMR).

Apportionment

The districts used in appropriation of members is not coextensive with the legislative district of Mountain Province; unlike congressional representation which is at-large, Mountain Province is divided into two districts for representation in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

The first district includes the eastern side of the province, encompassing the capital, Bontoc, as well as the municipalities of Barlig, Natonin, Paracelis, and Sadanga. The second district comprises the western municipalities of Bauko, Besao, Sabangan, Sagada, and Tadian.

In 2025, the first and second districts gained one additional seat each after the Department of Finance upgraded the province's income classification to 2nd class, from 4th class. ^[1]

Elections	Seats per district		Ex officio seats	Reserved seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd
2010–2025	4	4	3	1	12
2025–present	5	5	3	1	14

List of members

Current members

These are the members after the 2025 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections:

• Vice Governor: Jose O. Dominguez (Independent)

Seat	Board member		Party	Start of term	End of term
1st district		Roy M. Gammonac	Nacionalista	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Federico E. Onsat	PFP	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Ezra Samson A. Gomez	LDP	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Joshua B. Fronda	PFP	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Janice L. Barillo	Nacionalista	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
2nd district		Joseph Alejandro C. Dominguez	Independent	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Sally B. Ullalim	Independent	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Ricardo M. Masidong Jr.	PFP	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Johnson D. Bantog II	PFP	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Henry D. Bastian Jr.	Nacionalista	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
ABC		Alfonso Ligos Jr.	Nonpartisan	July 30, 2018	January 1, 2023
PCL		TBD			June 30, 2028
SK		Jazzel-Mae Masidong	Nonpartisan	June 8, 2018	January 1, 2023
IPMR		Tomas Tawagen [2]	Nonpartisan	January 22, 2020	January 22, 2023

Vice governor

Election year	Name	Party		Ref.
2016	Bonifacio Lacwasan		Independent	[3]
2019	Francis O. Tauli		PDP–Laban	[4]
2022			PDP–Laban	[5]
2025	Jose O. Dominguez		Independent	[6]

1st district

• Population (2024):

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2016		Alfonso Kiat-Ong (until 2018) (Liberal)		Cariño Tamang (Liberal)		Raul Lapon (Independent)		Stephen Afuyog (Independent)	—		[3]
		Christopher Kiat-Ong (since 2018) [7] (Independent)
2019		Janice L. Barillo (Independent)		Federico E. Onsat (Independent)		Alexandre Claver (until 2021) (Independent)		Joshua B. Fronda (PFP)			[4]
2022		Ezra Samson A. Gomez (LDP)		Federico E. Onsat (PDP–Laban)		Cariño Tamang (Nacionalista)		Joshua B. Fronda (PDP–Laban)			[5]
2025				Federico E. Onsat (PFP)		Roy M. Gammonac (Nacionalista)		Joshua B. Fronda (PFP)		Janice L. Barillo (Nacionalista)	[6]

2nd district

• Population (2024):

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Ref.
2016		Francis O. Tauli (Independent)		Donato L. Danglose (Independent)		Salvador K. Dalang (Independent)		Romeo Pagedped (Liberal)	—		[3]
2019		Henry D. Bastian, Jr. (PDP–Laban)		Donato L. Danglose (PDP–Laban)		Salvador K. Dalang (PDP–Laban)		Randolph T. Awisan (PDP–Laban)			[4]
2022						Ricardo M. Masidong, Jr. (Nacionalista)		Johnson D. Bantog, II (Independent)			[5]
2025		Henry D. Bastian, Jr. (Nacionalista)		Joseph Alejandro C. Dominguez (Independent)		Ricardo M. Masidong, Jr. (PFP)		Johnson D. Bantog, II (PFP)		Sally B. Ullalim (Independent)	[6]

References

1. Patinio, Ferdinand (9 December 2024). "Comelec adds 42 provincial board seats in 21 areas for 2025 polls". Philippine News Agency . Retrieved 18 April 2025.
2. "Tawagen to serve 2nd term as Mp IPMR – HERALD EXPRESS | News in Cordillera and Northern Luzon" . Retrieved 2020-08-17.
3. "Eleksyon 2016 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
4. "Halalan 2019 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Election Results". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
5. "Eleksyon 2022 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
6. "Eleksyon 2025 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Election Results". GMA News . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
7. Agoot, Liza (December 28, 2018). "PRRD appoints new Mountain Province Board Member". Philippine News Agency . Retrieved August 27, 2025.