Davao's at-large congressional district

Davao's at-large congressional district may refer to several occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from the undivided province of Davao.

The Spanish colonial district of Davao, formerly the province of Nueva Guipúzcoa, was represented in the Malolos Congress following its reorganization in 1898 for the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic.{{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=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610222423/https://officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1898/06jun/18980618-English-Aguinaldo-Establishing-Dictatorial-Government.pdf |url-status=dead }} Two representatives from Luzon were appointed by the assembly to represent the province, namely León María Guerrero from Manila and Ceferino Pantoja from Nueva Vizcaya.{{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=February 23, 2021}} After the fall of the First Republic, the province was abolished with its territory reverted to a district annexed to Moro Province under U.S. civilian rule in 1903.{{cite web|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l9191 |title=Act No. 787, (1903-06-01) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 23, 2021}} Moro Province was unrepresented in the Philippine Assembly.{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines |accessdate=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |url-status=dead }}

Provincial government was re-established in Davao in 1914 but was not entitled to its own representation in the national legislature.{{cite web|url=https://www.lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l421e |title=Act No. 2408, (1914-07-23) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 23, 2021}} Instead, it remained a part of the larger constituency of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu under the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes whose representatives were appointed by the Governor General beginning in 1916. In 1934 following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, Davao elected its own delegate for the first time to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention which was charged with the drafting of a new constitution for the Commonwealth of the Philippines.{{cite web|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l3ca5 |title=Act No. 4125, (1934-05-26) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 23, 2021}} The province then began to send a representative to the Commonwealth National Assembly from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1935-constitution/ |title=The 1935 Constitution |publisher=Official Gazette (Philippines) |accessdate=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625234400/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1935-constitution/ |url-status=dead }}

Davao was also represented in the Second Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It also elected a representative to the restored House of Representatives and to the first six congresses under the Third Philippine Republic. After the 1967 division of Davao, the district was abolished and replaced by Davao del Norte's, Davao del Sur's and Davao Oriental's at-large districts.{{cite web|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l19dc |title=Republic Act No. 4867, (1967-05-08) |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 23, 2021}}

Representation history

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! rowspan=2 | #

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly

| rowspan=2 |

! colspan=5 | Seat A

| rowspan=2 |

! colspan=5 | Seat B

|- 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;" |

=Davao's at-large district for the [[Malolos Republic|Malolos Congress]]=

| colspan="16" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 18, 1898.

|- 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

| León María Guerrero

| Independent

| Appointed.

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |

| 100px

| Ceferino Pantoja

| Independent

| Appointed.

! rowspan=2 | #

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly

| rowspan=2 |

! colspan=5 | Single seat

| rowspan=6 colspan=6 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;" |

=Davao's at-large district for the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)]]=

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 8, 1935.

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| September 16, 1935

| December 30, 1938

| style="text-align:center;" | 1st

| rowspan=2 |

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Democratico}};" |

| Romualdo C. Quimpo

| Nacionalista
Democrático

| Elected in 1935.

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| December 30, 1938

| December 30, 1941

| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |

| César M. Sotto

| Nacionalista

| Elected in 1938.

! rowspan=2 | #

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | National
Assembly

| rowspan=2 |

! colspan=5 | Seat A

| rowspan=2 |

! colspan=5 | Seat B

|- 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;" |

=Davao'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=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 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}};" |

| 100px

| Juan A. Sarenas

| KALIBAPI

| Elected in 1943.

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|KALIBAPI}};" |

| Romualdo C. Quimpo

| KALIBAPI