Legislative districts of Cavite

The legislative districts of Cavite are the representations of the province of Cavite 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, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth congressional districts.

From 2010 to 2018, the component city of Dasmariñas, while remaining an integral part of province, was granted its own congressional representation by nomenclature. This was officially repealed when the latest reapportionment bill was signed into law, thus reverting it back to its numerical representation as the fourth district of Cavite.

History

Cavite initially comprised a single assembly district in 1907. 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 fifth 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. Cavite City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Tagaytay, the province's other chartered city, was placed under provincial jurisdiction during the war and was not represented separately. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province and its two cities reverted to the pre-war lone district representation.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned three representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Cavite was reapportioned into three congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The passage of Republic Act No. 9727[2] on October 22, 2009 increased the number of the province's representatives from three to seven, starting in the 2010 elections. However, the conversion of Dasmariñas into a city has resulted in an additional legal name for the fourth district, which became the Lone District of Dasmariñas after the ratification of Republic Act No. 9723[3] on November 25, 2009.

Meanwhile, despite the conversion of Bacoor and Imus into cities in 2012, their charters explicitly indicate the retention of their numerical designations as the second[4] and third districts[5] of the province.

Republic Act No. 11069, signed into law on September 17, 2018, reapportioned Cavite into eight legislative districts — the most for any province — by creating a separate legislative district for the newly converted city of General Trias.[6] This effectively supersedes RA No. 9723 and confirms the sole legal designation of the congressional district of Dasmariñas as the fourth district of Cavite.

1st District

• City: Cavite City
• Municipalities: Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario
• Population (2015): 342,824

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Joseph Emilio A. Abaya[lower-alpha 1]
	vacant
16th Congress 2013–2016	Francis Gerald A. Abaya
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022

Notes:

1. Assumed office as Secretary of Transportation and Communications on October 18, 2012. Seat remained vacant until the end of the 15th Congress.

1987–2010

• City: Cavite City
• Municipalities: Bacoor, Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Leonardo L. Guerrero
9th Congress 1992–1995	Dominador G. Nazareno, Jr.
10th Congress 1995–1998	Plaridel M. Abaya
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Joseph Emilio A. Abaya
14th Congress 2007–2010

2nd District

• City: Bacoor (became city 2012)
• Population (2015): 600,609

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Lani Mercado-Revilla
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Strike B. Revilla
18th Congress 2019–2022

1987–2010

• Cities: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Carmona (Savon), Dasmariñas (became city 2009), General Mariano Alvarez, General Trias, Imus, Tanza

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Renato P. Dragon
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Erineo S. Maliksi
12th Congress 2001–2004	Gilbert Cesar C. Remulla
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Elpidio F. Barzaga, Jr.

3rd District

• City: Imus (became city 2012)
• Population (2015): 403,785

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Erineo S. Maliksi
16th Congress 2013–2016	Alexander L. Advincula
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022

1987–2010

• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, Amadeo, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Silang, Ternate

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jorge A. Nuñez
9th Congress 1992–1995	Telesforo A. Unas
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Napoleon R. Beratio[lower-alpha 1]
12th Congress 2001–2004
	vacant
13th Congress 2004–2007	Jesus Crispin C. Remulla
14th Congress 2007–2010

Notes

1. Died on August 6, 2002; position remained vacant until the end of the 12th Congress.

4th District

See also: Legislative district of Dasmariñas

• City: Dasmariñas
• Population (2015): 659,019

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Elpidio F. Barzaga, Jr.
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Jennifer A. Barzaga
18th Congress 2019–2022	Elpidio F. Barzaga, Jr.

5th District

• Municipalities: Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, Silang
• Population (2015): 500,785

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Roy M. Loyola
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022	Dahlia A. Loyola

6th District

• City: General Trias
• Population (2015): 314,303

Period	Representative
18th Congress 2019–2022	Luis A. Ferrer IV

2010–2019

• Cities: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Amadeo, General Trias (became city 2015), Tanza

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Antonio A. Ferrer
16th Congress 2013–2016	Luis A. Ferrer IV
17th Congress 2016–2019

7th District

• City: Trece Martires
• Municipalities: Amadeo, Indang, Tanza
• Population (2015): 485,149

Period	Representative
18th Congress 2019–2022	Jesus Crispin C. Remulla

2010–2019

• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Period	Representative
15th Congress 2010–2013	Jesus Crispin C. Remulla
16th Congress 2013–2016	Abraham Ng Tolentino
17th Congress 2016–2019

8th District

• Population (2015): 371,827
• City: Tagaytay
• Municipalities: Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic, Ternate

Period	Representative
18th Congress 2019–2022	Abraham Ng Tolentino

Lone District (defunct)

Main article: Cavite's at-large congressional district

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Rafael V. Palma[lower-alpha 1]
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Emiliano Tria Tirona
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Florentino Joya
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Emiliano Tria Tirona
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Emilio F. Virata
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Pedro P. Espiritu
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Augusto A. Reyes[lower-alpha 2]
	Antero S. Soriano[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
	Fidel Ibañez[lower-alpha 3]
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Emiliano Tria Tirona
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Francisco Arca
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Justiniano S. Montano[lower-alpha 5]
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
	Manuel S. Rojas[lower-alpha 6]
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Justiniano S. Montano
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Manuel S. Rojas
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Jose T. Cajulis
4th Congress 1957–1961	Justiniano S. Montano
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

1. Appointed as member of the second Philippine Commission on July 6, 1908
2. Died on July 3, 1925
3. Assumed office after winning a special election
4. Died on June 15, 1929
5. Election annulled on October 11, 1939 after an election protest
6. Declared winner of the 1938 election

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

• excludes Cavite City

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Emiliano Tria Tirona[7]
	Luis Y. Ferrer (ex officio)[7]

1984–1986

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Helena Zoila T. Benitez
	Renato P. Dragon
	Cesar E.A. Virata

See also

• Legislative district of Cavite City
• Legislative district of Dasmariñas

References

1. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
2. Congress of the Philippines (October 22, 2009). "Republic Act No. 9727" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
3. Congress of the Philippines (October 15, 2009). "Republic Act No. 9723" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
4. Congress of the Philippines (April 10, 2012). "Republic Act No. 10160". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
5. Congress of the Philippines (April 10, 2012). "Republic Act No. 10161". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
6. Congress of the Philippines (August 23, 2018). "Republic Act No. 11069". Retrieved July 22, 2019.
7. 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.