Cebu's 1st congressional district

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Cebu's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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Boundary of Cebu's 1st congressional district in Cebu
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Location of Cebu within the Philippines
ProvinceCebu
RegionCentral Visayas
Population709,660 (2015)[1]
Electorate373,647 (2016)[2]
Major settlements
Area527.06 km²
Current constituency
Created1907
RepresentativeEduardo Gullas
Political party  Nacionalista
Congressional blocMajority

Cebu's 1st congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cebu. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the cities of Carcar, Naga and Talisay and the municipalities of Minglanilla, San Fernando and Sibonga. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Eduardo Gullas of the Nacionalista Party (NP).[4]

Representation history[]

# Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history Constituent
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Cebu's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly[]

District created January 9, 1907.[5][6]
1 Celestino Rodriguez October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1909
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela
2nd Re-elected in 1909. 1909–1916
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela
2 Gervasio Padilla October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1912.

Cebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands[]

3 José Hernaez October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 4th Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 1916–1922
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela
4 Manuel Briones June 3, 1919 June 2, 1931 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1919.
6th Nacionalista
Unipersonalista 		Re-elected in 1922. 1922–1935
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela
7th Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Re-elected in 1925.
8th Re-elected in 1928.
5 Buenaventura Rodriguez June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 9th Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Elected in 1931.
6 Tereso Dosdos June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th Nacionalista
Democrático 		Elected in 1934.
# Member Term of office National
Assembly 		Party Electoral history Constituent
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Cebu's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)[]

(1) Celestino Rodriguez September 16, 1935 December 30, 1938 1st Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia 		Elected in 1935. 1935–1941
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela
(6) Tereso Dosdos December 30, 1938 December 30, 1941 2nd Nacionalista Elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
# Member Term of office Common
wealth
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Cebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines[]

District re-created May 24, 1945.
(1) Celestino Rodriguez June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1941. 1945–1946
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
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Cebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

7 Jovenal Almendras May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1946. 1946–1972
Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao,
Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela
8 Ramón M. Durano December 30, 1949 September 23, 1972 2nd Liberal Elected in 1949.
3rd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1953.
4th Re-elected in 1957.
5th Re-elected in 1961.
6th Re-elected in 1965.
7th Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Cebu's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
9 Antonio T. Bacaltos June 30, 1987 June 30, 1992 8th LABAN
Panaghiusa 		Elected in 1987. 1987–present
Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga,
San Fernando, Sibonga, Talisay
10 Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 1992 June 30, 2001 9th LDP Elected in 1992.
10th Re-elected in 1995.
11th LAMMP Re-elected in 1998.
11 Jose R. Gullas June 30, 2001 June 30, 2004 12th NPC Elected in 2001.
(10) Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 2004 June 30, 2013 13th Nacionalista Elected in 2004.
14th Re-elected in 2007.
15th Re-elected in 2010.
12 Gerald Anthony V. Gullas Jr. June 30, 2013 June 30, 2019 16th Nacionalista Elected in 2013.
17th Re-elected in 2016.
(10) Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th Nacionalista Elected in 2019.

Election results[]

2019[]

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Eduardo Gullas 236,944 81.32
Independent Ron Del Mar 48,131 16.51
Independent Solomon Paypa 6,291 2.15
Total votes 291,366 100.00

2016[]

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. 186,091 65.22%
NPC Antonio Canoy 92,589 32.45%
PDP–Laban Michael Nuñez 6,612 2.31%
Invalid or blank votes 37,380
Total votes 322,672 100.00%

2013[]

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. 153,514 63.88
Invalid or blank votes 86,792 36.12
Total votes 240,306 100.00
Nacionalista hold

2010[]

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Nacionalista Eduardo Gullas 209,208 92.91
PMP Luna Sabalones 10,527 4.67
Independent Felipe Concepcion 5,449 2.42
Valid ballots 225,184 86.54
Invalid or blank votes 35,039 13.46
Total votes 260,223 100.00
Nacionalista hold

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved March 20, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). comelec.gov.ph. Commission on Elections. August 11, 2019. p. 23. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

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