Legislative district of Batanes

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The Legislative District of Batanes is the representation of the province of Batanes 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 lone congressional district.

Batanes was initially represented as part of the first assembly district of Cagayan in the 1st Philippine Legislature, having been annexed to that province since the passage of Philippine Commission Act No. 209 on August 22, 1901. Upon its re-establishment as a regular province on May 20, 1909 by virtue of Act No. 1952, Batanes was granted separate representation, and elected its first representative later that year. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the first senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the province was not represented separately in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region II from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Batanes retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

Population (2010): 16,604

Period	Representative
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Teofilo Castillejos
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Vicente Barsana
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Juan G. Castillejos
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Claudio Castillejos
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Claudio Castillejos
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Vicente Agan
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Mariano Lizardo
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Mariano Lizardo
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Vicente Agan
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Anastacio Agan
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Jorge A. Abad
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Jorge A. Abad
4th Congress 1957–1961	Manuel Agudo
5th Congress 1961–1965	Jorge A. Abad
6th Congress 1965–1969	Aurora B. Abad
7th Congress 1969–1972	Jorge A. Abad
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Fernando C. Faberes
8th Congress 1987–1992	Florencio B. Abad^[1]
8th Congress 1987–1992	vacant
9th Congress 1992–1995	Enrique C. Lizardo
10th Congress 1995–1998	Florencio B. Abad
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Henedina R. Abad
14th Congress 2007–2010	Carlo Oliver D. Diasnes
15th Congress 2010–2013	Henedina R. Abad
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019

↑ Appointed Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 12, 1989.

References

Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library

Legislative districts for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Luzon	Abra Albay Antipolo Apayao Aurora Baguio Bataan Batanes Batangas Benguet Biñan Bulacan Cagayan Caloocan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Catanduanes Cavite Dasmariñas Ifugao Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Isabela Kalinga La Union Laguna Las Piñas Malabon Makati Mandaluyong Manila Marikina Marinduque Masbate Mountain Province Muntinlupa Navotas Nueva Ecija Nueva Vizcaya Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Pampanga Pangasinan Parañaque Pasay Pasig Pateros & Taguig Quezon Quezon City Quirino Rizal Romblon San Jose del Monte San Juan Sorsogon Taguig Tarlac Valenzuela Zambales

Visayas	Aklan Antique Bacolod Biliran Bohol Capiz Cebu Cebu City Eastern Samar Guimaras Iloilo Iloilo City Lapu-Lapu City Leyte Negros Occidental Negros Oriental Northern Samar Samar Siquijor Southern Leyte

Mindanao	Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur Basilan Bukidnon Cagayan de Oro Camiguin Compostela Valley Cotabato Davao City Davao del Norte Davao del Sur Davao Occidental Davao Oriental Dinagat Islands Iligan Lanao del Norte Lanao del Sur Maguindanao Misamis Occidental Misamis Oriental Sarangani South Cotabato Sultan Kudarat Sulu Surigao del Norte Surigao del Sur Tawi-Tawi Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga Sibugay

Defunct	Defunct districts Agusan Ambos Camarines Cavite City Davao Kalinga-Apayao Lanao Las Piñas-Muntinlupa Las Piñas-Parañaque Malabon & Navotas Malabon-Navotas-Valenzuela Mindanao & Sulu Mindoro Misamis Olongapo Pasig & Marikina San Pablo San Juan & Mandaluyong Shariff Kabunsuan Surigao Taguig, Pateros & Muntinlupa Zamboanga

See also: Districts for the Senate (1916–1935)

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