Legislative districts of Bukidnon

The legislative districts of Bukidnon are the representations of the province of Bukidnon 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, and fourth congressional districts.

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Map showing the current legislative districts of Bukidnon.

History
Further information: Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Bukidnon were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935).

The voters of Bukidnon were finally given the right to elect their own representative through popular vote beginning in 1935 by virtue of Article VI, Section 1 of the 1935 Constitution.[1]

During the Second World War, the Province of Bukidnon sent two delegates to 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 retained its pre-war lone congressional district.

Bukidnon was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region X from 1978 to 1984, and returned two representatives, elected at-large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into three congressional districts;[2] each district elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The approval of Republic Act No. 10184 on September 28, 2012 increased Bukidnon's representation by reapportioning the province into four congressional districts: the municipalities of Kalilangan and Pangantucan were segregated from the first district and the city of Valencia from the second district to form the new fourth district.[3] The reconfigured districts elected their respective representatives beginning in the 2013 elections.

1st District
Period Representative[5]
16th Congress
2013–2016		 Ma. Lourdes O. Acosta-Alba
17th Congress
2016–2019
18th Congress
2019–2022

1987–2013
Period Representative[5]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Socorro O. Acosta
9th Congress
1992–1995
10th Congress
1995–1998
11th Congress
1998–2001		 Juan Romeo Nereus O. Acosta
12th Congress
2001–2004
13th Congress
2004–2007
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Candido P. Pancrudo, Jr.
15th Congress
2010–2013		 Jesus Emmanuel M. Paras

2nd District
Period Representative[5]
16th Congress
2013–2016		 Florencio T. Flores, Jr.
17th Congress
2016–2019
18th Congress
2019–2022		 Jonathan Keith T. Flores

1987–2013
Period Representative[5]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Violeta T. Labaria
9th Congress
1992–1995		 Reginaldo N. Tilanduca
10th Congress
1995–1998
11th Congress
1998–2001
12th Congress
2001–2004		 Berthobal R. Ancheta
13th Congress
2004–2007		 Teofisto D.L. Guingona III
14th Congress
2007–2010
15th Congress
2010–2013		 Florencio T. Flores, Jr.

3rd District
Period Representative[5]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.
9th Congress
1992–1995
10th Congress
1995–1998
11th Congress
1998–2001		 Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
12th Congress
2001–2004
13th Congress
2004–2007
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Jose Ma. F. Zubiri III
15th Congress
2010–2013
16th Congress
2013–2016
17th Congress
2016–2019		 Manuel F. Zubiri
18th Congress
2019–2022

4th District
Period Representative[5]
16th Congress
2013–2016		 Rogelio Neil P. Roque
17th Congress
2016–2019
18th Congress
2019–2022

Lone District (defunct)
Period Representative[5]
1st National Assembly
1935–1938		 Manuel Fortich[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
2nd National Assembly
1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
1st Congress
1946–1949
Remedios Ozamiz Fortich[lower-alpha 3]
2nd Congress
1949–1953		 Cesar M. Fortich[lower-alpha 4]
3rd Congress
1953–1957
4th Congress
1957–1961
vacant
5th Congress
1961–1965		 Cesar M. Fortich
6th Congress
1965–1969		 Benjamin N. Tabios
7th Congress
1969–1972		 Cesar M. Fortich

Notes

  1. Appointed by the Governor-General to the 1st Commonwealth Congress
  2. Died on 12 October 1946.
  3. Assumed office after winning special election held on March 11, 1947.
  4. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture in 1960; seat remained vacant until the end of the 4th Congress.

At-Large (defunct)

1943-1944
Period Representatives[5]
National Assembly
1943–1944		 Pedro Carrillo[6]
Antonio Rubin (ex officio)[6]

1984-1986
Period Representatives[5]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Lorenzo S. Dinlayan
Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.

See also

References
  1. Commonwealth of the Philippines (February 8, 1935). "The 1935 Constitution". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  2. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  3. Congress of the Philippines (September 28, 2012). "An Act Reapportioning the Province of Bukidnon Into Four (4) Legislative Districts". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  4. "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  5. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  6. 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.
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