Pangasinan's 4th congressional district

Pangasinan's 4th congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Pangasinan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district consists of the city of Dagupan and adjacent municipalities of Manaoag, Mangaldan, San Fabian and San Jacinto. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Christopher de Venecia of the Lakas–CMD (Lakas).[4]

Pangasinan's 4th congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Pangasinan's 4th congressional district in Pangasinan
Location of Pangasinan within the Philippines
Province	Pangasinan
Region	Ilocos Region
Population	470,972 (2015)[1]
Electorate	274,646 (2016)[2]
Major settlements	5 LGUs Cities Dagupan Municipalities Manaoag Mangaldan San Fabian San Jacinto
Area	274.35 km^2 (105.93 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Christopher de Venecia
Political party	Lakas
Congressional bloc	Majority

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Pangasinan's 4th district for the Philippine Assembly
District created April 1, 1907.[5]
1		Lorenzo Fenoy	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1909	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San Jacinto, Urdaneta, Villasis
2		Joaquín Balmori	October 16, 1909	October 16, 1912	2nd	Progresista	Elected in 1909.	1909–1916 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San Jacinto, Santo Tomas, Urdaneta, Villasis
3		Pedro María Sison	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
Pangasinan's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
4		Alejandro F. de Guzmán	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1935 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San Jacinto, Santo Tomas, Urdaneta, Villasis
5		Alejandro R. Mendoza	June 3, 1919	June 6, 1922	5th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1919.
6		Eusebio V. Sison	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1934	6th	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected in 1922.
					7th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Re-elected in 1925.
					8th		Re-elected in 1928.
					9th		Re-elected in 1931.
7		Cipriano Primicias Sr.	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Pro-Independencia	Elected in 1934.
#	Member		Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Pangasinan's 4th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
8		Nicomedes T. Rupisan	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, Santo Tomas, Sison, Urdaneta, Villasis
					2nd	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Pangasinan's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Member		Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Pangasinan's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(7)		Cipriano Primicias Sr.	June 11, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, Santo Tomas, Sison, Urdaneta, Villasis
#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Pangasinan's 4th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(7)		Cipriano Primicias Sr.	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1972 Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, Santo Tomas, Sison, Urdaneta, Villasis
9		Amadeo J. Pérez	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1969	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
					3rd		Re-elected in 1953.
					4th		Re-elected in 1957.
					5th		Re-elected in 1961.
					6th		Re-elected in 1965.
10		Antonio P. Villar Sr.	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the twelve-seat Region I's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Pangasinan's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
District re-created February 2, 1987.
11		Jose de Venecia Jr.	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Lakas ng Bansa	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Dagupan, Manaoag, Mangaldan, San Fabian, San Jacinto
					9th	Lakas–CMD	Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
12		Benjamin S. Lim	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2001	11th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 1998.
(11)		Jose de Venecia Jr.	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010	12th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
					14th	Independent	Re-elected in 2007.
13		Gina de Venecia	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	15th	NPC	Elected in 2010.
					16th		Re-elected in 2013.
14		Christopher de Venecia	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	17th	Lakas–CMD	Elected in 2016.
					18th		Re-elected in 2019.

Election results

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christopher De Venecia	172,089
	Independent	Angel Aquino	6,525
	Independent	Arvin De Guzman	4,829
	Independent	Mario Operaña	2,293
	Independent	Ronaldo Ebreo	1,897
Margin of victory
Invalid or blank votes			42,978
Total votes			230,611
	Liberal gain from NPC

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Gina de Venecia	157,784	79.04
	Nacionalista	Celia Lim	27,184	13.62
Margin of victory			130,600	65.43%
Invalid or blank votes			14,648	7.34
Total votes			199,616	100.00
	NPC hold

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NPC	Gina de Venecia	128,198	66.35
	Independent	Celia Lim	64,017	33.13
	Independent	Alejandro Dacano	1,007	0.52
Valid ballots			193,222	96.55
Invalid or blank votes			6,912	3.45
Total votes			200,134	100.00
	NPC gain from Independent

See also

• Legislative districts of Pangasinan

References

1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. "Philippines 2016 Voters Profile". Commission on Elections (Philippines). Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
4. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
5. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved April 28, 2020.