Legislative districts of Quezon City

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The Legislative Districts of Quezon City are the representations of Quezon City in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth districts.

History

From its creation in 1939 to 1972, Quezon City was represented as part of Rizal Province, with the western areas that formerly belonged to Caloocan, Mandaluyong and San Juan voting as part of that province's first district, and the eastern areas that formerly belonged to Marikina, Rodriguez, Pasig and San Mateo voting in the second district.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, Quezon City was incorporated into the City of Greater Manila on January 1, 1942 by virtue of Manuel Quezon's Executive Order No. 400 as a wartime emergency measure. Greater Manila was represented by two delegates in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a city-wide assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, Quezon City's divided representation between the two districts of Rizal was retained; this remained so until 1972.

The city was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV from 1978 to 1984. Quezon City residents first elected representatives separate from Rizal in the 1984 election, where four representatives, elected at-large, represented the city at the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

Quezon City was reapportioned into four congressional districts under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987. It elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 10170[2] approved on July 2, 2012, the fifth and sixth districts were created out of the second district. Residents of the two new districts began to elect their own representatives beginning in the 2013 elections.

1st District

1st District of Quezon City
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Renato A. Yap
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
Reynaldo A. Calalay1
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Vincent P. Crisologo
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
16th Congress
20132016
Francisco A. Calalay, Jr.
17th Congress
20162019
Vincent P. Crisologo
^1 Died January 11, 2003.

2nd District

2nd District of Quezon City
Period Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Winston T. Castelo
17th Congress
20162019

1987–2013

Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Antonio L. Aquino
9th Congress
19921995
Dante V. Liban
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
Ismael G. Mathay III
13th Congress
20042007
Mary Ann L. Susano
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Winston T. Castelo

3rd District

3rd District of Quezon City
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng
9th Congress
19921995
Dennis Roldan
10th Congress
19951998
Michael T. Defensor
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
Ma. Theresa T. Defensor
13th Congress
20042007
Matias V. Defensor, Jr.
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Jorge John B. Banal, Jr.
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019

4th District

4th District of Quezon City
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Ismael A. Mathay, Jr.
9th Congress
19921995
Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
Nanette Castelo-Daza
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019

5th District

5th District of Quezon City beginning 2013.
Period Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Alfredo Paolo 'Alfred' D. Vargas III
17th Congress
20162019

6th District

6th District of Quezon City beginning 2013.
Period Representative
16th Congress
20132016
Jose Christopher 'Kit' Y. Belmonte
17th Congress
20162019

At-Large (defunct)

Period Assemblyman
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Ismael A. Mathay, Jr. (KBL)
Orlando S. Mercado (UNIDO)
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (UNIDO)
Alberto G. Romulo (UNIDO)

References

  1. "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. Congress of the Philippines (July 2, 2012). "Republic Act No. 10170". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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