Cavite's at-large congressional district
{{short description|Legislative district of the Philippines}}
Cavite's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Cavite for various national legislatures before 1987.{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines |accessdate=2 May 2020 |archive-date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |url-status=dead }} The province elected its representatives province-wide at-large from its reorganization under Article 6 of the Decreto de 18 junio de 1898 y las instrucciones sobre el régimen de las provincias y pueblos for the Malolos Congress in 1898 until the creation of a first, second and third district on February 2, 1987.{{cite web|url=https://officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1898/06jun/18980618-English-Aguinaldo-Establishing-Dictatorial-Government.pdf |title=Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government |publisher=Official Gazette (Philippines) |accessdate=2 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-ordinance/ |title=The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines – Ordinance |publisher=Official Gazette (Philippines) |accessdate=2 May 2020}} It was a single-member district throughout the ten legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1907 to 1935, the three legislatures of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, and the first seven congresses of the republic from 1946 to 1972.
On three occasions in its history, Cavite sent more than one member to the national legislatures who were also elected at-large. Four representatives were elected to the National Assembly (Malolos Congress) of the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901, two representatives to the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944 (excluding Cavite City, which was represented separately), and three representatives to the Regular Batasang Pambansa of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986.
After 1986, all representatives were elected from congressional districts.
Representation history
{| class=wikitable
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat B
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat C
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat D
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
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! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
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| colspan="28" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[Malolos Republic|Malolos Congress]]=
|-
| colspan="28" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 18, 1898.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheMalolosCongress/page/n77/mode/1up |title=The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999) |publisher=National Historical Commission of the Philippines |date=1999 |accessdate=2 May 2020}}
|-
|- style="height:3em"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| September 15, 1898
| March 23, 1901
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| 100px
| Severino de las Alas
| Independent
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| 100px
| José Basa
| Independent
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| 100px
| Hugo Ilagan
| Independent
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| 100px
| José Salamanca
| Independent
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Legislature
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Single seat
| rowspan=26 colspan=18 style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[Philippine Assembly]]=
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created January 9, 1907.{{cite web|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l5054 |title=Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 20, 2021}}{{cite book|last=Division of Insular Affairs |others=Elihu Root, Secretary of War|title=Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q3tQAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=2 May 2020 |series=Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands|volume=253|year=1908|publisher=United States War Department|location=Washington, D.C.|page=49}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| October 16, 1907
| July 1, 1908
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| rowspan="4" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Elected in 1907.
Resigned on appointment as Philippine commissioner.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| rowspan="2" | January 19, 1909
| rowspan="2" | October 16, 1912
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Emiliano Tria Tirona
| Elected in 1909 to finish Palma's term.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| Independent
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| October 16, 1912
| October 16, 1916
| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Florentino Joya
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Legislature
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Single seat
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands=
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (2)
| October 16, 1916
| June 3, 1919
| style="text-align:center;" | 4th
| rowspan=9 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Demócrata Party}};" |
| 100px
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| June 3, 1919
| June 6, 1922
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
| Emilio P. Virata
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| June 6, 1922
| June 2, 1925
| style="text-align:center;" | 6th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Demócrata Party}};" |
| 100px
| Pedro F. Espíritu
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| June 2, 1925
| July 3, 1925
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
|
| Augusto A. Reyes
| Nacionalista
Consolidado
| Elected in 1925.
Died.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| rowspan="2" | August 15, 1925
| rowspan="2" | June 15, 1929
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Antero Soriano
| rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
Consolidado
| Elected in 1925 to finish Reyes's term.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 8th
| Re-elected in 1928.
Died.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| August 24, 1929
| June 2, 1931
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
|
| Fidel Ibáñez
| Nacionalista
Consolidado
| Elected in 1929 to finish Soriano's term.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (2)
| June 2, 1931
| June 5, 1934
| style="text-align:center;" | 9th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Demócrata Party}};" |
| 100px
| Emiliano Tría Tirona
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| June 5, 1934
| September 16, 1935
| style="text-align:center;" | 10th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |
| 100px
| Francisco Arca
| Nacionalista
Democrático
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Single seat
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)]]=
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
| rowspan="2" | October 11, 1939
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| rowspan=3 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Justiniano Montano
| Nacionalista
Democrático
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| Re-elected in 1938.
Election annulled after an electoral protest.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| November 2, 1939
| December 30, 1941
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
|
| Manuel S. Rojas
| Declared winner of 1938 elections.
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat B
| rowspan=5 colspan=12 style="text-align:center;" | Seats restored
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan=16 style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)]]=
|-
| colspan="16" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created September 7, 1943.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1943-constitution/ |title=The 1943 Constitution |publisher=Official Gazette (Philippines) |accessdate=2 May 2020 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602190153/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1943-constitution/ |url-status=dead }}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| September 25, 1943
| February 2, 1944
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|KALIBAPI}};" |
|
| Demetrio B. Encarnación
| KALIBAPI
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|KALIBAPI}};" |
| 100px
| Luís Y. Ferrer
| KALIBAPI
| Appointed as an ex officio member.
|
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Common
wealth
Congress
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Single seat
| rowspan=16 colspan=18 style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines=
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created May 24, 1945.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (10)
| June 9, 1945
| May 25, 1946
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Congress
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Single seat
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]=
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (10)
| May 25, 1946
| December 30, 1949
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
| rowspan=7 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| 100px
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (11)
| December 30, 1949
| December 30, 1953
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
|
| Manuel S. Rojas
| Liberal
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| December 30, 1953
| December 30, 1957
| style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
|
| José T. Cajulis
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | (10)
| rowspan="4" | December 30, 1957
| rowspan="4" | September 23, 1972
| style="text-align:center;" | 4th
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| rowspan="4" | 100px
| rowspan="4" | Justiniano Montano
| rowspan="3" | Nacionalista
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5th
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6th
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7th
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
| Liberal
| Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Batasang
Pambansa
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat B
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=5 | Seat C
| rowspan=5 colspan=6 style="text-align:center;" | Seats restored
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Image
! Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="22" style="text-align:center;" |
=Cavite's at-large district for the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]]=
|-
| colspan="22" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 1, 1984.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/02/01/proclamation-no-2332-s-1984/ |title=Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 |date=February 1984 |publisher=Official Gazette (Philippines) |accessdate=2 May 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718082016/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/02/01/proclamation-no-2332-s-1984/ |url-status=dead }}
|-
|- style="height:3em"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| July 23, 1984
| March 25, 1986
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}};" |
| 100px
| KBL
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}};" |
| 100px
| Renato P. Dragon
| KBL
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}};" |
| 100px
| KBL
|-
| colspan="22" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Cavite's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.
| colspan="6" |
|}
See also
References
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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region IV-A}}
Category:Former congressional districts of the Philippines
Category:1898 establishments in the Philippines
Category:1986 disestablishments in the Philippines
Category:At-large congressional districts of the Philippines
Category:Congressional districts of Calabarzon