Legislative district of Abra
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The Legislative District of Abra is the representation of the province of Abra 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 lone congressional district.
Abra was initially represented as part of the third assembly district of Ilocos Sur in 1907, having been annexed to the latter as a sub-province in 1905. Following its re-establishment as a regular province on March 10, 1917 through Act No. 2711, Abra was granted its separate representation; its first representative was elected in 1919. 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.
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. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.
The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Abra retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
Lone District
- Population (2010): 234,733
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1922–1925 |
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1925–1928 |
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1928–1931 | |
1931–1934 | |
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1935–1938 |
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1938–1941 |
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1941–1946 |
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1946–1949 |
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1949–1953 |
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1953–1957 |
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1957–1961 | |
1961–1965 | |
1965–1969 |
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1969–1972 | |
1987–1992 |
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1992–1995 |
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1995–1998 | |
1998–2001 |
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2001–2004 |
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2004–2007 | |
2007–2010 |
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2010–2013 |
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2013–2016 | |
2016–2019 |
- ^1 Assassinated during incumbency December 16, 2006.
At-Large (defunct)
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1943–1944 |
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1984–1986 |
See also
References
- Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library