Legislative districts of Zambales

The Legislative Districts of Zambales, namely the first and second districts, are the current representations of the province of Zambales and the independent city of Olongapo in the Philippine House of Representatives.

Zambales, including the city of Olongapo (chartered in 1966), comprised a lone district until 1972. The province and chartered city were represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region III from 1978 to 1984.

Zambales elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984, with Olongapo sending a separate representative as a highly urbanized city. Effective February 11, 1987, the province (Olongapo re-grouped with it) was divided into two congressional districts under the new Constitution, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

1st District

• City: Olongapo City¹
• Municipalities: Castillejos, San Marcelino, Subic
• Population (2010): 391,626

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Katherine H. Gordon
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	James J. Gordon, Jr.
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Ma. Milagros H. Magsaysay
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Jeffrey D. Khonghun

^1 Highly-urbanized city since December 7, 1983. Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials. Only votes with Zambales for representation in the various national legislatures.

2nd District

• Municipalities: Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Narciso, Santa Cruz
• Population (2010): 363,995

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Pacita T. Gonzales
9th Congress 1992–1995	Antonio M. Diaz
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Ruben D. Torres
13th Congress 2004–2007	Antonio M. Diaz ^1
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2011
15th Congress 2012–2013
	Hermogenes Omar C. Ebdane III ^2
16th Congress 2013–2016	Cheryl P. Deloso-Montalla

^1 Died on August 3, 2011

^2 Won the special elections on February 5, 2012.

Lone District (defunct)

1907–1972

• Municipalities: Botolan, Iba, Masinloc, Olongapo (nominally annexed to Subic 1913, re-established 1959, became city 1966), San Marcelino, San Narciso, Santa Cruz, Subic, Cabangan (re-established 1907), San Felipe (re-established 1908), San Antonio (re-established 1908), Palauig (re-established 1909), Candelaria (re-established 1909)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Alberto Barreto
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Gabriel Alba
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Guillermo F. Pablo
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Alejo Labrador
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Gregorio Anonas
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Felipe Estrella
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Potenciano Lesaca
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Valentin Afable
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Ramon Magsaysay^1
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Enrique Corpus
4th Congress 1957–1961	Genaro F. Magsaysay
5th Congress 1961–1965	Virgilio L. Afable
6th Congress 1965–1969	Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.
7th Congress 1969–1972	Antonio M. Diaz

^1 Appointed by President Elpidio Quirino as Secretary of National Defense in September 1, 1950 making his post vacant.

1984–1986

• Municipalities: Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Castillejos, Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Marcelino, San Narciso, Santa Cruz, Subic

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Antonio M. Diaz

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Valentin Afable
	Francisco Dantes

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library