Legislative districts of Quezon

The legislative districts of Quezon are the representations of the province of Quezon and the highly urbanized city of Lucena in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, and fourth congressional districts.

History

The province, known as Tayabas until 1949, was divided into two representative districts until 1972. Marinduque was last represented as part of the province's second district in 1922, after its establishment as a regular province in 1920 warranted its separate representation. As a consequence, a minor reorganization of the composition of the districts of Tayabas took place to compensate for the reduced population of the second district.

The province of Quezon (with the sub-province of Aurora, established in 1951) was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984. The sub-province of Aurora was last represented as part of Quezon's first district in 1972, and as part of Quezon's representation in general in 1984, after its conversion into a regular province in 1979 entitled it to its own representation. The province elected four representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. It was redistricted into four congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Despite being administratively independent from the provincial government of Quezon since July 1, 1991, the city of Lucena elects a congressional representative as part of the second district, and has retained the right for its residents to elect and be elected to provincial offices through the exception made in Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991 regarding a city declared as highly urbanized after 1986 but before 1992 and whose city charter (Republic Act No. 3271)[2] contains a provision explicitly allowing participation in provincial affairs.

1st District

• City: Tayabas (became city 2007)
• Municipalities: Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc
• Population (2015): 531,677

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Wilfrido L. Enverga
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Rafael P. Nantes
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Anna Katrina Enverga-de la Paz
18th Congress 2019–2022	Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga

1907–1922

• Municipalities: Atimonan, Baler, Candelaria, Casiguran, Infanta, Lucban, Lucena, Mauban, Pagbilao, Polillo, Sampaloc, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong, Dolores (re-established 1910), Laguimanoc (established 1916)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Manuel Luis M. Quezon
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Filemon Perez
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Alfonso M. Recto
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Fabian R. Millar

1922–1972

• Municipalities: Baler, Candelaria, Casiguran, Dolores, Infanta, Lucban, Lucena (became city 1961), Mauban, Pagbilao, Polillo, Sampaloc, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong, Burdeos (established 1948), General Nakar (established 1949), Maria Aurora (established 1950), Dipaculao (established 1950), San Antonio (established 1957), Panukulan (established 1959), Jomalig (established as municipal district 1961), Patnanungan (established as municipal district 1961), San Luis (established 1962), Dingalan (established 1962), Real (established 1963), Dinalungan (established as municipal district 1966), Dilasag (established 1969)

Period	Representative
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Agustin S. Alvarez
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Primitivo San Agustin
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Fabian R. Millar
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Jose A. Angara
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Miguel Castillo
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Pedro Insua
1st Congress 1946–1949	Fortunato N. Suarez
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Narciso H. Umali
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Manuel S. Enverga
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Moises A. Escueta

2nd District

• City: Lucena[lower-alpha 1]
• Municipalities: Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong
• Population (2015): 694,732

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Mario L. Tagarao[lower-alpha 2]
9th Congress 1992–1995	Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr.
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Lynnette A. Punzalan
13th Congress 2004–2007	Proceso J. Alcala
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Irvin M. Alcala
16th Congress 2013–2016	Vicente J. Alcala
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022	David C. Suarez

Notes

1. Highly-urbanized city since July 1, 1991. Administratively independent from the province, but its residents are allowed to vote and run for elective offices in the provincial government of Quezon through Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.[3]
2. Died on April 23, 1990.

1907–1922

• Municipalities: Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Mulanay, Pitogo, Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Unisan (re-established 1909), Macalelon (re-established 1909), Mogpog (re-established 1910), San Narciso (re-established 1913), Quezon (established 1913)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Emiliano A. Gala
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Gregorio Nieva
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Bernardo Del Mundo
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Gregorio Nieva
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Ricardo M. Paras, Jr.

1922–1972

• Municipalities: Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Catanauan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos (Laguimanoc), Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Unisan, General Luna (established 1929), San Francisco (originally Bondo, later renamed Aurora) (established 1938), Agdangan (established 1939), Tagkawayan (established 1940), Buenavista (established 1950), Plaridel (established 1962), San Andres (established 1959)

Period	Representative
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Rafael R. Vilar
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Leon G. Guinto, Sr.
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Marcelo T. Boncan
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Antonio Z. Argosino
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Francisco Lavides
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945
1st Congress 1946–1949	Tomas B. Morato
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Gaudencio V. Vera
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Leon Guinto, Jr.
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Eladio A. Caliwara
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Godofredo M. Tan

3rd District

• Municipalities: Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan
• Population (2015): 439,853

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr.
9th Congress 1992–1995	Danilo E. Suarez
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Aleta C. Suarez
13th Congress 2004–2007	Danilo E. Suarez
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Aleta C. Suarez
17th Congress 2016–2019	Danilo E. Suarez
18th Congress 2019–2022	Aleta C. Suarez

4th District

• Municipalities: Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon, Tagkawayan
• Population (2015): 456,568

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Oscar F. Santos
9th Congress 1992–1995	Manolet O. Lavides
10th Congress 1995–1998	Wigberto E. Tañada
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Georgilu R. Yumul-Hermida
13th Congress 2004–2007	Lorenzo R. Tañada III
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Angelina DL. Tan
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022

At-Large (defunct)

1943-1944

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Natalio A. Enriquez
	Tomas B. Morato

1978-1986

Period	Representatives
Interim Batasang Pambansa 1978–1984	Godofredo M. Tan
	Medardo L. Tumagay
	Cesar A. Villariba, Sr.
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Cesar D. Bolaños
	Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr.
	Hjalmar P. Quintana
	Oscar F. Santos

See also

• Legislative district of Marinduque
• Legislative district of Aurora

References

1. http://www.lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
2. http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno3271.html
3. http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html