Bukidnon's at-large congressional district

Bukidnon's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Bukidnon. It existed between 1935 and 1986 as either a single or plural member constituency for several national legislatures.[1]

Bukidnon was first created as a subprovince of Agusan in 1907 from the territory of the Buquidnones that was previously unorganized spanning the Spanish politico-military districts of Misamis and Cotabato.[2] It was admitted as a special province in 1914 under the direct control and jurisdiction of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu whose representatives to the national legislature were appointed by the Governor General as one at-large district beginning with the 4th Philippine Legislature in 1916.[3] Following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act in 1934, a delegate from the province was elected for the first time to the Philippine constitutional convention held in the same year.[4] The province then began to send a representative to the Commonwealth National Assembly the following year from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution.[5]

Bukidnon was also represented in the Second Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It returned to a single-member constituency for the restored House of Representatives in both the Commonwealth Congress and all seven meetings of the Third Philippine Republic Congress until 1972. The district was last contested at the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election and was eliminated following the 1987 apportionment under a new constitution.[6][1]

Representation history

#	Term of office		National Assembly		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Bukidnon's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
District created February 8, 1935 from Mindanao and Sulu's at-large district.[5]
1	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1941	1st			Manuel Fortich	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.
			2nd				Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1938.
#	Term of office		National Assembly		Seat A					Seat B
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Bukidnon's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
District re-created September 7, 1943.[7]
–	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944	3rd			Pedro Carrillo	KALIBAPI	Elected in 1943.			Antonio Rubin	KALIBAPI	Appointed as an ex officio member.
#	Term of office		Common wealth Congress		Single seat				Seats eliminated
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Bukidnon's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(1)	–	–	1st			Manuel Fortich	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941. Died before start of term.
#	Term of office		Congress		Single seat
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history
Bukidnon's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
2	May 25, 1946	October 12, 1946	1st			Carlos A. Fortich	Liberal	Elected in 1946. Died in office.
3	March 11, 1947	December 30, 1949				Remedios Ozámiz Fortich	Liberal	Elected in 1947 to finish her husband's term.
4	December 30, 1949	March 3, 1960	2nd			Cesar M. Fortich	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
			3rd				Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1953.
			4th					Re-elected in 1957. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
–	March 3, 1960	September 15, 1961				vacant	–	No special election held to fill vacancy.
(4)	September 15, 1961	December 30, 1965				Cesar M. Fortich	Nacionalista	Returned to office upon resignation as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
			5th					Re-elected in 1961.
5	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th			Benjamin N. Tabios	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
(4)	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th			Cesar M. Fortich	Nacionalista	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the nine-seat Region X's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa		Seat A					Seat B
	Start	End			Member		Party	Electoral history		Member		Party	Electoral history
Bukidnon's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.[8]
–	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd			Lorenzo S. Dinlayan	KBL	Elected in 1984.			Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Bukidnon's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Bukidnon

References

1. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
2. Act No. 1693 (August 20, 1907), AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN AND THE SUB-PROVINCES OF BUTUAN, BUKIDNON AND BATANES, EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CAGAYAN TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT" TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE BABUYANES ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE SALARIES OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE SUB-PROVINCE OF APAYAO AND OF ANY DULY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES OF SAID SUB-PROVINCE SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM INSULAR FUNDS., Lawyerly, retrieved February 26, 2021
3. Act No. 2408 (July 23, 1914), AN ACT PROVIDING A TEMPORARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE TERRITORY KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, MAKING APPLICABLE THERETO, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF GENERAL LAWS NOW IN FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES., Lawyerly, retrieved February 26, 2021
4. Act No. 4125 (May 26, 1934), AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION AND HOLDING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AUTHORIZED BY THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES., Lawyerly, retrieved February 26, 2021
5. "The 1935 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved February 26, 2021.
6. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
7. "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved February 26, 2021.
8. Presidential Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 (February 1, 1984), PROCLAIMING THE RATIFICATION IN THE PLEBISCITE OF JANUARY 27, 1984, OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION EMBODIED IN BATASANG PAMBANSA RESOLUTIONS NOS. 104, 105, 110, 111, 112 AND 113., Official Gazette (Philippines), retrieved February 26, 2021