:1910 La Laguna's 1st Philippine Assembly district special election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1910 La Laguna's 1st assembly district special election
| type = By-election
| country = Philippines |flag_year=1908
| seats_for_election = La Laguna's 1st district seat in the Philippine Assembly
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1909 Philippine Assembly elections
| previous_year = 1909
| next_election = 1912 Philippine Assembly elections
| next_year = 1912
| election_date = {{Start date|1910|12|10}}
| image1 = File:Marcos Alcos Paulino.jpg
| candidate1 = Marcos Paulino
| party1 = Progresista Party
| popular_vote1 = 1,491
| percentage1 = 59.66%
| image2 = Serviliano Platon of La Laguna, Diputado por el Ler Distrito.jpg
| candidate2 = Serviliano Platon
| party2 = Nacionalista Party
| popular_vote2 = 1,008
| percentage2 = 40.34%
| title = Delegate
| posttitle = Subsequent delegate
| before_election = Potenciano Malvar
| before_party = Nacionalista Party
| after_election = Marcos Paulino
| after_party = Progresista Party
}}
A special election (known elsewhere as "by-elections") for the seat of La Laguna's 1st district in the Philippine Assembly, the lower house of the Philippine Legislature of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, was held on December 13, 1910. This was triggered due to the appointment of the incumbent delegate Potenciano Malvar as the governor of La Laguna (now called simply as Laguna). Marcos Paulino won the special election, defeating Serviliano Platon, a flip from the Nacionalista Party to the Progresista Party.
Background
La Laguna's 1st district composed of the province's western municipalities of Alaminos, Bay, Binang, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauang, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, and Santa Rosa.
Juan Cailles, a Progresista Party stalwart, was to retire as governor of La Laguna. In the immediately preceding gubernatorial election, the Nacionalista Party's Domingo Ordoveza won, but Governor-General William Cameron Forbes, upon the advice of vice governor Newton W. Gilbert, was convinced that Ordoveza bought votes and refused to seat him nor Cailles, and will appoint someone from the Nacionalista Party instead.{{Cite news |date=1910-09-20 |title=Ordoveza not to be Governor of Laguna |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19100920-01.1.2 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=2}} On September 22, 1910, Forbes appointed Potenciano Malvar, the younger brother of Miguel Malvar and incumbent delegate from La Laguna's 1st district, as governor, succeeding Cailles.{{Cite news |date=1910-09-23 |title=Malvar succeeds Cailles |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19100923-01.1.5 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=5}} La Democracia newspaper had opposed Malvar's appointment, pointing out that he was ineligible for the post as a sitting member of the Philippine Assembly.{{Cite news |date=1910-09-23 |title=Selection don't suit Democracia |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19100923-01.1.7 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=7}} La Democracia is the official organ of the Progresistas.{{Cite web |last=Bonifacio |first=Erwin |date=2021-11-10 |title=Gubernatorial elections in Capiz (1907) |url=https://thecapiztimes.com/articles/gubernatorial-elections-in-capiz-1907/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=The Capiz Times |language=en}} A day later, the Philippine Commission approved the appointment of Malvar as provincial governor.{{Cite news |date=1910-09-24 |title=Malvar confirmed as governor |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19100924-01.1.6 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=6}} On October 4, Forbes scheduled the special election for the vacant assembly seat on December 13.{{Cite news |date=1910-10-06 |title=By Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, A Proclamation |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19101006-01.1.10 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=10}}
Candidates
A total of two persons ran to fill the vacant seat, namely:
- Marcos Paulino (Progresista), municipal president of San Pablo (1902–??)
- Serviliano Platon (Nacionalista), former revolutionary captain and law graduate
Results
Marcos Paulino of the Progresista Party defeated Servillano Platón of the Nacionalistas.{{Cite news |date=1910-12-15 |title=Progresista wins in Laguna province |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19101215-01.1.3 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=3}} The latter carried Calauang, Los Baños, Santa Rosa and San Pedro Tunasan, Binang saw a tied result, and the former won in Alaminos, Bay, Calamba, Cabuyao, Pila and San Pablo. Paulino's win increased the number of opposition Progresistas in the assembly during the 2nd Philippine Legislature.{{Cite news |date=1910-12-20 |title=Progresista wins by big majority |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19101220-01.1.9 |work=The Cablenews-American}} Paulino took his oath of office at the Ayuntamiento de Manila on December 20, 1910.{{Cite news |date=1910-12-21 |title=Assembly notes |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/cana19101221-01.1.8 |work=The Cablenews-American |pages=8}}
{{Election results|caption=1910 La Laguna's 1st Philippine Assembly district special election
|cand1=Marcos Paulino
|party1=Progresista Party
|votes1=1491
|cand2=Serviliano Platon
|party2=Nacionalista Party
|votes2=1008
|majority=483
|majoritypct=19.33
|result=Progresista Party gain from Nacionalista Party
|source=The Cablenews-American
}}
= Per town =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ ! rowspan="3" |Town ! colspan="2" |Paulino ! colspan="2" |Platon ! rowspan="3" |Total |
| colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Progresista Party}};" |
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" | |
|---|
| Votes
!% !Votes !% |
| align=left|Alaminos
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 200 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 74.07% |70 |25.93% |270 |
| align=left|Bay
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 76 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 50.33% |75 |49.67% |151 |
| align=left|Binang
|106 |50.00% |106 |50.00% |212 |
| align=left|Cabuyao
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 91 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 60.26% |60 |39.74% |151 |
| align=left|Calamba
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 107 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 66.46% |54 |33.54% |161 |
| align=left|Calauang
|33 |45.21% | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 40 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 54.79% |73 |
| align=left|Los Baños
|21 |30.88% | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 47 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 69.12% |68 |
| align=left|Pila
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 64 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 51.61% |60 |48.39% |124 |
| align=left|San Pablo
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 725 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 67.32% |352 |32.68% |1,077 |
| align=left|San Pedro Tunasan
|35 |43.75% | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 45 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 56.25% |80 |
| align=left|Santa Rosa
|33 |25.00% | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 99 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}|0.8}}"| 75.00% |132 |
| align=left|Total
| style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 1,491 | style="background-color:#{{HexShade|{{party color|Progresista Party}}|0.8}}"| 59.66% |1,008 |40.34% |2,499 |
Aftermath
Platon won the district's seat in the 1912 general election, then became a judge of the court of first instance in Tayabas during the 1930s. Paulino later became governor of Laguna from 1914 to 1916.
References
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Category:1910 elections in the Philippines