Legislative district of Mountain Province


The legislative district of Mountain Province is the representation of Mountain Province 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].
The present-day provinces of Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao and Kalinga, as well as the highly urbanized city of Baguio, formed part of the old Mountain Province's representation until 1969. Since 1969, the representation of Mountain Province has been confined only to the limits of the former sub-province of Bontoc.

History

As the undivided Mountain Province (1908–1966)

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 undivided Mountain Province — 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 March 10, 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. Three assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the Mountain Province and the chartered city of Baguio in the lower house as a [|single at-large district]. The appointment of these members of the Legislature did not require the consent of the upper house; the appointive legislators were also not necessarily required to be residents of the areas they represented. For example, [|Assemblyman] Pedro Aunario, a resident of Manila, and Senator Lope K. Santos, a resident of Rizal, were among the representatives of the Mountain Province.
Despite several of the Mountain Province's municipalities and municipal districts being annexed to the neighboring provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union and Cagayan, voters in these areas were still represented by the [|three assembly members of the Mountain Province], and two senators of the twelfth senatorial district. Only starting in 1935 were these voters extended the right to participate in electing representatives of their respective new provinces, when Act No. 4203 assigned them to specific districts for the purposes of electing members of the unicameral National Assembly of the Philippines.
Act No. 4203 also abolished the senatorial district system and made the Mountain Province's representation to the National Assembly elective through popular vote; the law divided the province into three districts with definite territorial composition. The only sub-province which belonged to more than one district was Bontoc: the eastern portion consisting of the present-day municipalities of Barlig, Bontoc, Paracelis, Natonin, Sabangan, Sadanga and Sagada were represented as part of the undivided province's [|first district], while the western portion which formerly belonged to the now-defunct Lepanto sub-province were represented as part of the [|third district].
During the Second World War, the Mountain Province 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. Baguio, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, district representation was restored to the pre-war setup: the sub-province of Bontoc remained split between the [|first] and [|third] districts, and the independent city of Baguio remained part of the [|second district].

As the reduced Mountain Province (1966–present)

The enactment of Republic Act No. 4695 on June 18, 1966 made the sub-province of Bontoc into a full-fledged province that retained the name "Mountain Province." Per Section 10 of R.A. 4695 the three incumbent representatives of pre-division Mountain Province continued to serve their respective districts until the end of the 6th Congress.
The new Mountain Province began electing its [|lone representative] in 1969. The province was represented as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and returned [|one representative, elected at-large], to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.
Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, Mountain Province constituted a lone congressional district, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

PeriodRepresentative
7th Congress
1969-1972
Alfredo G. Lamen
8th Congress
1987-1992
Victor S. Dominguez
9th Congress
1992-1995
Victor S. Dominguez
10th Congress
1995-1998
Victor S. Dominguez
11th Congress
1998-2001
Josephine D. Dominguez
12th Congress
2001-2004
Roy S. Pilando
13th Congress
2004-2007
Victor S. Dominguez
14th Congress
2007-2010
Victor S. Dominguez
14th Congress
2007-2010
vacant
15th Congress
2010-2013
Maximo B. Dalog
16th Congress
2013-2016
Maximo B. Dalog
17th Congress
2016-2019
Maximo B. Dalog
17th Congress
2016-2019
vacant
18th Congress
2019-2022
Maximo Y. Dalog Jr.

Notes

1st District (defunct)

PeriodRepresentative
1st National Assembly
1935-1938
Saturnino Moldero
2nd National Assembly
1938-1941
Saturnino Moldero
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
George K. Tait
1st Congress
1946-1949
George K. Tait
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Antonio Canao
3rd Congress
1953-1957
Juan Bondad
4th Congress
1957-1961
Juan M. Duyan
5th Congress
1961-1965
Alfredo G. Lamen
5th Congress
1961-1965
Juan M. Duyan
6th Congress
1965-1969
Juan M. Duyan
6th Congress
1965-1969
vacant

Notes

2nd District (defunct)

PeriodRepresentative
1st National Assembly
1935-1938
Felipe E. Jose
2nd National Assembly
1938-1941
Ramon P. Mitra
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Ramon P. Mitra
1st Congress
1946-1949
Jose Mencio
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Dennis Molintas
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Ramon P. Mitra
3rd Congress
1953-1957
Ramon P. Mitra
4th Congress
1957-1961
Ramon P. Mitra
5th Congress
1961-1965
Ramon P. Mitra
6th Congress
1965-1969
Andres A. Cosalan

Notes

3rd District (defunct)

PeriodRepresentative
1st National Assembly
1935-1938
George K. Tait
2nd National Assembly
1938-1941
Miguel Gumangan
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Gregorio Marrero
1st Congress
1946-1949
Gabriel Dunuan
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Gabriel Dunuan
3rd Congress
1953-1957
Luis Hora
4th Congress
1957-1961
Luis Hora
5th Congress
1961-1965
Luis Hora
6th Congress
1965-1969
Luis Hora

Notes

At-Large (defunct)

1917–1935

Notes

1943–1944

PeriodRepresentatives
National Assembly
1943-1944
Florencio Bagwan
National Assembly
1943-1944
Hilary P. Clapp

1984–1986