Legislative district of Abra

The legislative district of Abra is the representation of the province of Abra 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.

History

Abra was initially represented in 1907 as part of the third assembly district of Ilocos Sur, having been annexed to the latter as a sub-province in 1905. Following its re-establishment as a regular province on March 9, 1917 through Act No. 2683, Abra was granted its separate representation; its first representative was elected in 1919. 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.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), 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 continued to comprise a lone district.

Abra was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution[1] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

• Population (2015): 241,160

Period	Representative[2]
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Eustaquio Purugganan
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Adolfo Brillantes
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Quintín B. Paredes
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Agapito Garduque
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Quintín B. Paredes
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Jesus Paredes
1st Congress 1946–1949	Quintín B. Paredes
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Virgilio Valera
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Lucas P. Paredes
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Carmelo Z. Barbero
7th Congress 1969–1972
8th Congress 1987–1992	Rudolfo A. Bernardez
9th Congress 1992–1995	Jeremias Z. Zapata
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Vicente Ysidro P. Valera
12th Congress 2001–2004	Luis P. Bersamin, Jr.[lower-alpha 1]
13th Congress 2004–2007
	vacant
14th Congress 2007–2010	Cecilia Seares-Luna
15th Congress 2010–2013	Ma. Jocelyn V. Bernos
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Joseph Sto. Niño B. Bernos
18th Congress 2019–2022

Notes

1. Assassinated on December 16, 2006; seat remained vacant until the end of the 13th Congress.

At-large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period	Representatives[2]
National Assembly 1943–1944	Quintin Paredes, Jr.[3]
	Juan C. Brillantes (ex officio)[3]

1984–1986

Period	Representatives[2]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Arturo Barbero

See also

• Legislative districts of Ilocos Sur

References

1. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Retrieved June 13, 2016.
2. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
3. Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.