Legislative districts of Albay

The Legislative Districts of Albay are the representations of the province of Albay 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 first, second and third congressional districts.

Albay was divided into three assembly districts from 1907 to 1931. The fourth district — comprising the sub-province of Catanduanes — was created by virtue of Act No. 3617 enacted in 1929, and elected its own representative starting in 1931. 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 sixth 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 (including the sub-province of Catanduanes) 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 four districts.

The sub-province of Catanduanes was converted into a regular province by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 687 enacted on September 26, 1945. The fourth district became the lone district of Catanduanes starting in 1946, thereby reducing the Albay's representation to three.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region V from 1978 to 1984, and elected three representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Albay retained its three congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

The first district of Albay is among the original representative districts from 1907 which has never changed in territorial coverage, along with Ilocos Norte's first and second, Ilocos Sur's first, and Iloilo's first, districts.

1st District

• City: Tabaco City
• Municipalities: Bacacay, Malilipot, Malinao, Santo Domingo (Libog), Tiwi
• Population (2010): 351,721

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Tomas Almonte
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Marcial C. Calleja
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Domingo Diaz
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Agapito Buenconsejo
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Francisco Peña
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Julian Belen
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Julian Locsin
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Exequiel Kare
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Jose Bonto
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Isabelo V. Binamira
2nd Commonwealth Congress 1946	Eulogio V. Lawenko
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Lorenzo P. Ziga^1
3rd Congress 1953–1957
	Tecla San Andres-Ziga^2
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Venancio P. Ziga
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Amando D. Cope
8th Congress 1987–1992	Edcel C. Lagman
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Edcel C. Lagman
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Edcel B. Lagman, Jr.

^1 Died in office, November 4, 1956.

^2 Elected to complete unexpired term of predecessor.

2nd District

• City: Legazpi City
• Municipalities: Camalig, Daraga (Locsin) (annexed to Legazpi City 1948–1954), Manito, Rapu-Rapu
• Population (2010): 420,285

Period	Representative
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Jose S. Valenciano
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Justino Nuyda
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Jose S. Valenciano
1st Congress 1946–1949	Toribio Perez
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Justino Nuyda
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Carlos R. Imperial
7th Congress 1969–1972
8th Congress 1987–1992
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Norma B. Imperial
12th Congress 2001–2004	Carlos R. Imperial
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Al Francis C. Bichara
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

1907–1931

• Municipalities: Bato, Calolbon, Legazpi (Albay) (Legazpi and Daraga annexed to Albay municipality in 1907; Daraga separated in 1922; Albay municipality renamed Legazpi in 1925), Manito, Pandan, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, Virac, Baras (re-established in 1910), Panganiban (established 1921), Daraga (annexed to Albay municipality 1907–1922)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Carlos Imperial
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Silvino Brimbuela
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Mariano A. Locsin
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Jose O. Vera
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Pedro Martinez Jimeno
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Francisco A. Perfecto
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Pedro Vera

3rd District

• City: Ligao City
• Municipalities: Guinobatan, Jovellar, Libon, Oas, Polangui, Pio Duran (established 1968)
• Population (2010): 461,426

Period	Representative
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Pedro Sabido
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Sulpicio V. Cea
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Pedro Sabido
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Marcial O. Rañola
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Pio Duran
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965	Josefina B. Duran
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Roberto M. Sabido
8th Congress 1987–1992	Efren R. Sarte
9th Congress 1992–1995	Al Francis C. Bichara
10th Congress 1995–1998	Romeo R. Salalima
11th Congress 1998–2001	Joey S. Salceda^1
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
	vacant
14th Congress 2007–2010	Reno G. Lim
15th Congress 2010–2013	Fernando V. Gonzales
16th Congress 2013–2016

^1 Appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10, 2007.

1907–1931

• Municipalities: Camalig, Guinobatan, Jovellar, Libon, Ligao, Oas, Polangui

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Angel Roco
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Felix Samson
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Ceferino Villareal
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Tomas Luna
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Mariano Ope Marbella
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Pedro Sabido
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931

4th District (defunct)

• Municipalities: Baras, Bato, Calolbon, Pandan, Panganiban, Viga, Virac

Period	Representative
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Pedro Vera
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Jose T. Surtida
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Pedro Vera
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Francisco A. Perfecto

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

• includes the sub-province of Catanduanes

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Pio Duran
	Mariano A. Locsin (ex officio)

1984–1986

Period	Representatives
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Pedro M. Marcellana, Jr.
	Peter A. Sabido
	Victor S. Ziga

See also

• Legislative district of Catanduanes

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library