The legislative districts of Iloilo are the representations of the province of Iloilo in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth and fifth congressional districts.

The highly urbanized city of Iloilo City and the province of Guimaras were last represented as part of Iloilo in 1986 and 1995, respectively.

History

Iloilo was divided into five representative districts in 1907. Minor adjustments were made to the composition of the third, fourth, and fifth districts through Act No. 3036 enacted on March 9, 1922. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the seventh senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Iloilo City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province retained its five pre-war representative districts.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region VI from 1978 to 1984. In 1984 the province elected five representatives, at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

The province, excluding the highly urbanized of city of Iloilo, was reapportioned into five congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. The five districts elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year. Iloilo City also elected its own representative in the 1987 election.

On May 22, 1992 the Provincial Board of Canvassers of Iloilo affirmed the results of the May 11, 1992 plebiscite on the proposed establishment of Guimaras (a sub-province of Iloilo since 1966) as a regular province by virtue of Section 462 of Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991).[2] Guimaras continued to be represented as part of the second district of Iloilo until it elected its own representative in the 1995 elections.

1st District

1st District of Iloilo
Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Amando Avanceña
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Francisco F. Villanueva
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Jose M. Arroyo
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Jose Evangelista
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Eugenio Baldana
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Jose C. Zulueta
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
1st Congress
19461949
Mateo M. Nonato
2nd Congress
19491953
Jose C. Zulueta
3rd Congress
19531957
Pedro G. Trono
4th Congress
19571961
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972
Jose C. Zulueta
8th Congress
19871992
Oscar G. Garin
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Ninfa S. Garin
12th Congress
20012004
Oscar G. Garin
13th Congress
20042007
Janette L. Garin
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
16th Congress
20132016
Oscar S. Garin, Jr.
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Janette L. Garin
19th Congress
20222025

2nd District

2nd District of Iloilo
Period Representative
10th Congress
19951998
Alberto J. Lopez
11th Congress
19982001
Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr.
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Judy J. Syjuco
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr.
16th Congress
20132016
Arcadio H. Gorriceta
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Michael B. Gorriceta
19th Congress
20222025

1907–1972

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Nicolas Jalandoni
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Carlos Ledesma
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Perfecto J. Salas
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Cresenciano Lozano
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Vicente R. Ybiernas
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Engracio Padilla
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Vicente R. Ybiernas
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
Ruperto Montinola
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Oscar Ledesma
1st Congress
19461949
2nd Congress
19491953
Pascual Espinosa
3rd Congress
19531957
Rodolfo Ganzon
4th Congress
19571961
Pascual Espinosa
5th Congress
19611965
Rodolfo Ganzon
6th Congress
19651969
Fermin Z. Caram, Jr.
7th Congress
19691972

1987–1995

Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Alberto J. Lopez
9th Congress
19921995

3rd District

3rd District of Iloilo
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Licurgo P. Tirador
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Manuel P. Parcon
12th Congress
20012004
Arthur D. Defensor, Sr.
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Arthur R. Defensor, Jr.
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Lorenz R. Defensor
19th Congress
20222025

1907–1922

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Salvador Laguda
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Jose Lopez-Vito
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Ernesto Gustilo
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Nicanor Gregorius
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Jose E. Locsin

1922–1972

Period Representative
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Tomas Confesor
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Silvestre Villa
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Atanasio Ampig
1st National Assembly
19351938
Tomas Confesor
2nd National Assembly
19381941
Atanasio Ampig
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Tiburcio Lutero
1st Congress
19461949
2nd Congress
19491953
Patricio V. Confesor
3rd Congress
19531957
Ramon C. Tabiana
4th Congress
19571961
Domitilo G. Abordo
5th Congress
19611965
Ramon C. Tabiana
6th Congress
19651969
Gloria M. Tabiana
7th Congress
19691972

4th District

4th District of Iloilo
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Narciso D. Monfort
9th Congress
19921995
Nicetas P. Panes
10th Congress
19951998
Narciso D. Monfort
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Ferjenel G. Biron
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
16th Congress
20132016
Hernan G. Biron, Jr.
17th Congress
20162019
Ferjenel G. Biron
18th Congress
20192022
Braeden John Q. Biron
19th Congress
20222025
Ferjenel G Biron

1907–1922

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Adriano Hernández y Dayot
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Esperidión Guanco
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Tiburcio Lutero
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Daniel Evangelista

1922–1972

Period Representative
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Federico R. Tirador
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Asencio Arrancillo
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Tomas Buenaflor
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Federico R. Tirador
1st National Assembly
19351938
Tomas Buenaflor
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Ceferino de los Santos
1st Congress
19461949
Gaudencio Dimaisip[lower-alpha 1]
Mariano Peñaflorida[lower-alpha 2]
2nd Congress
19491953
Ricardo Yap Ladrido
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972
Mariano Peñaflorida

Notes

  1. Died in office.
  2. Elected in a special election in 1947, to complete unexpired term of predecessor.

5th District

5th District of Iloilo
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Niel D. Tupas Sr.
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Rolex T. Suplico
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
Niel C. Tupas, Jr.
15th Congress
20102013
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019
Raul C. Tupas
18th Congress
20192022
19th Congress
20222025

1907–1922

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Regino Dorillo
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Ramon Lopez
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Cirilo Mapa
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Juan de Leon
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
Victoriano M. Salcedo

1922–1972

Period Representative
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Tomas Vargas
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Venancio Cudilla
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
Victoriano M. Salcedo
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Juan Borra
1st Congress
19461949
2nd Congress
19491953
Jose M. Aldeguer
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
7th Congress
19691972

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period Representative
National Assembly
19431944
Cirilo Mapa, Jr.[3]
Fermin C. Caram (ex officio)[3]

1984–1986

Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Salvador B. Britanico
Fermin Z. Caram, Jr.
Arthur D. Defensor
Narciso D. Monfort
Rafael P. Palmares

See also

References

  1. "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. Congress of the Philippines (October 10, 1991). "Republic Act No. 7160 - Local Government Code of 1991". Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.
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