Legislative district of Batanes

History
Further information: Legislative districts of Cagayan

Batanes was initially represented as part of the first district of Cagayan in the 1st Philippine Legislature, having been annexed to that province since the passage of Philippine Commission Act No. 209 on August 22, 1901. Upon its re-establishment as a regular province on May 20, 1909 by virtue of Act No. 1952, Batanes was granted separate representation, and elected its first representative later that year.

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 first senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the province was re-annexed to Cagayan and represented as part of that province in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province's continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region II from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Batanes retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District
  • Population (2015): 17,246
Period Representative[2]
2nd Philippine Legislature
1909–1912		 Teofilo Castillejos[lower-alpha 1]
Vicente Barsana[lower-alpha 2]
3rd Philippine Legislature
1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature
1916–1919		 Juan G. Castillejos
5th Philippine Legislature
1919–1922		 Claudio Castillejos
6th Philippine Legislature
1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature
1925–1928		 Vicente Agan
8th Philippine Legislature
1928–1931		 Mariano Lizardo
9th Philippine Legislature
1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature
1934–1935		 Vicente Agan
1st National Assembly
1935–1938
2nd National Assembly
1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945		 vacant[lower-alpha 3]
1st Congress
1946–1949		 Anastacio Agan
2nd Congress
1949–1953		 Jorge A. Abad
3rd Congress
1953–1957
4th Congress
1957–1961		 Manuel Agudo
5th Congress
1961–1965		 Jorge A. Abad[lower-alpha 4]
vacant
6th Congress
1965–1969		 Aurora B. Abad
7th Congress
1969–1972		 vacant
Jorge A. Abad[lower-alpha 5]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Florencio B. Abad[lower-alpha 6]
vacant
9th Congress
1992–1995		 Enrique C. Lizardo
10th Congress
1995–1998		 Florencio B. Abad
11th Congress
1998–2001
12th Congress
2001–2004
13th Congress
2004–2007		 Henedina Abad
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Carlo Oliver D. Diasnes
15th Congress
2010–2013		 Henedina Abad[lower-alpha 7]
16th Congress
2013–2016
17th Congress
2016–2019
vacant
18th Congress
2019–2022		 Ciriaco B. Gato Jr.

Notes

  1. Died in 1911.[2]
  2. Won the special election held on September 5, 1911 to fill the vacant seat.[2]
  3. Vicente Agan was elected on November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.
  4. Appointed Secretary of Public Works on June 22, 1964. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 5th Congress.[2]
  5. Only took oath of office on June 30, 1970,[2] following the resolution of court case filed by Rufino S. Antonio Jr.[3]
  6. Appointed Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 12, 1989. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 8th Congress.[2]
  7. Died in office on October 8, 2017.[4] Seat remained vacant until the end of the 17th Congress.

At-Large (defunct)
Period Representative[2]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Fernando C. Faberes

See also

References
  1. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  3. Supreme Court of the Philippines (April 17, 1970). "G.R. No. L-31604. Rufino S. Antonio, Jr. v. Commission on Elections, et al". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  4. "Batanes Rep. Dina Abad dies at 62". CNN Philippines. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
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