Legislative district of Lanao


The legislative district of Lanao was the representation of the historical province of Lanao in the of the Philippines until 1969. Marawi and Iligan also remained part of the province's representation even after becoming chartered cities in 1940 and 1950, respectively.
The undivided province's representation encompassed what are now the highly urbanized city of Iligan, and the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.

History

Initially being excluded from representation in the lower house of the Philippine Legislature in 1907, the then-non-Christian-majority areas of the Philippines — which included the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, of which Lanao was part — were finally extended legislative representation with the passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act in 1916 by the United States Congress. The Revised Administrative Code enacted on 10 March 1917 further elaborated on the manner by which these areas would be represented. The non-Christian areas were to be collectively represented in the upper house's 12th senatorial district by two senators, both appointed by the Governor-General. Five assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the seven component provinces of Department of Mindanao and Sulu — Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga — in the lower house as a single at-large district.
These arrangements remained in place despite the abolition of the Department in 1920. It lasted until 1935, when each of the seven provinces was provided a single representative to the National Assembly of the Philippines, albeit the manner of election varying between provinces. Voters of the more Christianized provinces of Agusan, Bukidnon, Davao and Zamboanga could elect their representative through popular vote by virtue of Article VI, Section 1 of the 1935 Constitution. In the Muslim-dominated provinces of Cotabato, Lanao and Sulu, however, voter qualifications were more restrictive: the only persons allowed to vote for the province's representative were past and present municipal officials ; present senators, assembly representatives and 1935 Constitutional Convention delegates; provincial governors and members of provincial boards; and any persons currently residing in the concerned province who held any of the aforementioned positions in the past. This was the manner by which [|Lanao's representative] was elected in 1935.
The 1st National Assembly of the Philippines passed Commonwealth Act No. 44 on 13 October 1936 to finally give all qualified voters of Lanao the right to elect their [|own representatives] through popular vote. Voters in Lanao Province began to elect their representatives in this manner beginning in 1938. Even after Dansalan became a chartered city in 1940 by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 592, it remained part of the province's representation.
During the Second World War, the Province of Lanao sent [|two delegates] to the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor, 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 retained its pre-war [|lone district]. For the duration of the war, Dansalan was annexed to the province and was not represented separately like other chartered cities at the time.
Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945 Lanao Province and Dansalan City retained their combined pre-war [|lone congressional district]. After receiving its own city charter by virtue of Republic Act No. 525 on 16 June 1950, Iligan also remained part of the representation of the Province of Lanao.
The enactment of Republic Act No. 2228 on 22 May 1959 divided the old Lanao Province into Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, and provided them each with a congressional representative. In accordance with Section 8 of R.A. 2228, the incumbent representative of Lanao Province, Laurentino Badelles, continued to represent both successor provinces until the next election in 1961.

Lone District (defunct)

PeriodRepresentative
1st National Assembly
1935-1938		Tomas Cabili
2nd National Assembly
1938-1941		Tomas Cabili
1st Commonwealth Congress
1941-1946		Salvador T. Lluch
1st Congress
1946-1949		Manalao Mindalano
2nd Congress
1949-1953		Mohammad Ali B. Dimaporo
3rd Congress
1953-1957		Domocao Alonto
3rd Congress
1953-1957		vacant
3rd Congress
1953-1957		Mohammad Ali B. Dimaporo
4th Congress
1957-1961		Laurentino Ll. Badelles

At-Large (defunct)

PeriodRepresentatives
National Assembly
1943-1944		Datu Bato Ali
National Assembly
1943-1944		Ciriaco B. Razul