Nueva Ecija's at-large congressional district

Nueva Ecija's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district of Nueva Ecija for Philippine national legislatures before 1987.[1]

The district was first created ahead of the 1898 Philippine legislative election for two seats in the Malolos Congress. Epifanio de los Santos and José Turiano Santiago were elected at-large as Nueva Ecija's representatives in the National Assembly of the nascent First Philippine Republic, with a third seat allocated for an appointed delegate from Pampanga, Gregorio Macapinlac.[2] After the fall of the Republic, the U.S. insular government was installed which reorganized a legislative assembly for representatives of the different provinces in 1907, the Philippine Assembly.[3] Nueva Ecija was given one seat in that legislature and continued to elect its representatives from this single-member at-large district until the 1926 reapportionment into two smaller districts which took effect beginning with the 1928 Philippine House of Representatives elections.[4]

Nueva Ecija returned to at-large elections for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic in 1943.[5] The restoration of the Commonwealth government and the House of Representatives in 1945 also restored the two districts in the province thereby eliminating the provincewide electoral district. It was recreated for the last time ahead of the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election following a shift from regional electoral districts in the interim parliament, where Nueva Ecija was included in the multi-member at-large representation of Region III (Central Luzon) from 1978 to 1984, to provincial and city district constituencies in the regular parliament.[1][6]

The district became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment that established four districts in the province under a new constitution.[7]

Representation history

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

Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the Malolos Congress

District created June 18, 1898.[2][8]
– September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st José Turiano Santiago Independent Elected in 1898. Epifanio de los Santos Independent Elected in 1898. Gregorio Macapinlac Independent Appointed.
# Term of office Legislature Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly

District re-created January 9, 1907.[3][9]
1 October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Isauro Gabaldón Nacionalista Elected in 1907.
2nd Re-elected in 1909.
2 October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Lucio Gonzales Nacionalista Elected in 1912.
# Term of office Legislature Single seat
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands

3 October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 4th Isidoro Gonzales Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
4 June 3, 1919 June 6, 1922 5th Gaudencio Medina Nacionalista Elected in 1919.
5 June 6, 1922 June 2, 1925 6th Hermogenes Concepción Sr. Demócrata Elected in 1922.
(1) – – 7th Isauro Gabaldón Nacionalista Consolidado Elected in 1925.
Disqualified for lack of residency.
6 March 22, 1926 June 5, 1928 Feliciano Ramoso Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Elected in 1926 to fill vacancy.
District dissolved into Nueva Ecija's 1st and 2nd districts.
# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

District re-created September 7, 1943.[5]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st Hermogenes Concepción Sr. KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. José Robles Jr. KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Nueva Ecija's 1st and 2nd districts.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Nueva Ecija's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa

District re-created February 1, 1984.[10]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Angel D. Concepcion KBL Elected in 1984. Leopoldo D. Diaz KBL Elected in 1984. Mario S. Garcia KBL Elected in 1984. Eduardo Nonato Joson KBL Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Nueva Ecija's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th districts.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Act No. 3336, (1926-12-07)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Batas Pambansa Blg. 643, (1983-12-21)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  9. ^ 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. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 18, 2021.