Capiz's at-large congressional district refers to the provincewide electoral district that was used to elect members of Philippine national legislatures in Capiz before 1987.[1]
Capiz 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 province which also included the territories of present-day Aklan and Romblon (until 1919) was represented in the national legislatures through its first, second and third districts.[1] The province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates residing in Luzon.[3]
The three districts were restored in Capiz 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. The province lost its third district following the separation of Aklan in 1956. An at-large district would not be used in the province again until the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for two seats in the Batasang Pambansa. It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that restored Capiz's two congressional districts.[1][4]
Representation history
edit| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||
Capiz's at-large district for the Malolos Congressedit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898.[3][5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | Mariano Bacani | Independent | Appointed. | Juan Baltazar | Independent | Appointed. | Miguel Zaragoza | Independent | Appointed. | ||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly |
Seat A | Seat B | Seats eliminated | |||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||||
Capiz's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)edit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | Eduardo Abalo | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | Alfredo V. Jacinto | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. | |||||||||
| District dissolved into Capiz's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa |
Seat A | Seat B | ||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||||
Capiz's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansaedit | ||||||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | Enrique M. Belo | Independent | Elected in 1984. | Charles B. Escolin | KBL | Elected in 1984. | |||||||||
| District dissolved into Capiz's 1st and 2nd districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ 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 15, 2021.
- ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2021.