Leyte's at-large congressional district

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Leyte's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district for Philippine national legislatures in both the undivided province of Leyte before its 1959 division and the northern three-fourths that retained its name from 1984 to 1986.[1]

Leyte first elected its representatives at-large in the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[2] Before 1943, the undivided island province which also included Biliran was represented in the national legislatures through its first, second, third, fourth and fifth districts. The undivided province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates from Luzon.[3]

The five districts were restored in Leyte ahead of the 1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province until the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for five seats in the Batasang Pambansa, with a separate representation created for Southern Leyte which it had been entitled to since the 1959 division.[4] It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that restored the five districts in Leyte.[1][5]

Representation history[]

# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Leyte's at-large district for the Malolos Congress[]

District created June 18, 1898.[3][6]
– September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st Rafael Guerrero Independent Appointed. Lucio Navarro Independent Appointed. Simplicio del Rosario Independent Appointed. Marciano Zamora Independent Appointed.
# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seats eliminated
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Leyte's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)[]

District re-created September 7, 1943.[2]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st José María Veloso KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Bernardo Torres KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Leyte's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D Seat E
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Leyte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa[]

District re-created February 1, 1984.[7]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Damian V. Aldaba KBL Elected in 1984. Artemio E. Mate KBL Elected in 1984. Emiliano J. Melgazo KBL Elected in 1984. Benjamin Romualdez KBL Elected in 1984. Alberto S. Veloso KBL Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Leyte's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "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 March 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Republic Act No. 2227, (1959-05-22)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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