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Legislative districts of Capiz

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The legislative districts of Capiz are the representation of the province of Capiz 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 and second congressional districts.

History

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Capiz initially comprised a single district to the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899. It was later divided into three legislative districts from 1907 to 1957, when Aklan was granted its own representation, reducing it to two legislative districts. Romblon was also represented as part of the third district from 1907 to 1919.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in 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 continued to comprise three districts.

Capiz was part of the representation of Region VI from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected two assemblymen at-large.

Current districts and representatives

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Political parties

  Lakas–CMD (1)
Legislative districts and congressional representatives of Capiz
District Current representative Constituent LGUs Population (2015) Area
1st Tawi Billones
(since 2016)
413,213[1] 730.41 km2
2nd Jane Castro
(since 2022)
348,171[1] 1,864.23 km2

Defunct districts

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3rd District

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Period Representative
5th Philippine Legislature
1919–1922
Eufrosino Alba
6th Philippine Legislature
1922–1925
Manuel Terencio
7th Philippine Legislature
1925–1928
Manuel Laserna
8th Philippine Legislature
1928–1931
Teodulfo Suñer
9th Philippine Legislature
1931–1934
Rufino L. Garde
10th Philippine Legislature
1934–1935
Rafael S. Tumbokon
1st National Assembly
1935–1938
2nd National Assembly
1938–1941
Juan M. Reyes
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
vacant[a]
1st Congress
1946–1949
Jose M. Reyes
2nd Congress
1949–1953
Godofredo P. Ramos
3rd Congress
1953–1957

Notes

  1. ^ Juan M. Reyes was elected in November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.

1907–1909

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Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
1907–1909
Simeon Mobo

1909–1919

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Period Representative
2nd Philippine Legislature
1909–1912
Braulio C. Manikan
3rd Philippine Legislature
1912–1916
Jose Tirol
4th Philippine Legislature
1916–1919
Leonardo Festin

At-large district

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1898–1899

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Period Representatives
Malolos Congress
1898–1899
Miguel Zaragoza
Mariano Bacani
Juan Baltazar

1943-1944

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Period Representative
National Assembly
1943–1944
Eduardo Abalo
Alfredo V. Jacinto (ex officio)

1984-1986

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Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986
Enrique M. Belo
Charles B. Escolin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2020.