Cebu City's at-large congressional district

Cebu City's at-large congressional district was the city-wide electoral district in Cebu City, Philippines. It  elected representatives at-large to the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986 and earlier to the National Assembly from 1943 to 1944.[1]

The district was first formed ahead of the 1943 Philippine legislative election following the ratification of the Second Philippine Republic constitution which called for a unicameral legislature composed of delegates from all provinces and chartered cities in the country.[2] Cebu, a chartered city since 1937, elected Paulino Gullas to the National Assembly, who was joined by then-mayor Juan C. Zamora as an appointed second delegate.[3] The district became inactive following the restoration of the House of Representatives in 1945 when the city reverted to its old provincial constituency of Cebu's 2nd congressional district.[1] In the unicameral Batasang Pambansa that replaced the House in 1978, Cebu City was included in the multi-member regional electoral district of Region VII (Central Visayas) for its interim parliament. The district was again utilized in the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election when Cebu City was granted two seats in the regular parliament as a highly urbanized city.[1][4]

After 1986, Cebu City elected its representatives from two single-member congressional districts drawn under a new constitution.[5]

Representation history

# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Cebu City's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District created September 7, 1943.[2]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st Paulino Gullas KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Juan C. Zamora KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Cebu's 2nd district.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Seat A Seat B
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Cebu City's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984.[6]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Antonio Cuenco UNIDO Elected in 1984. Marcelo Fernan UNIDO Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Cebu City's 1st and 2nd districts.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Act No. 58". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Batas Pambansa Blg. 643, (1983-12-21)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2021.