Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
Province | Nueva Vizcaya |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Population | 497,432 (2020)[1] |
Electorate | 296,233 (2022)[2] |
Area | 4,221.45 km2 (1,629.91 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1916 (single-member district) |
Representative | Luisa Lloren Cuaresma |
Political party | UNA |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district, also known as Nueva Vizcaya's lone district, is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Vizcaya for various national legislatures since 1898.[3] The province first elected its representative provincewide at-large for the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic. In 1907, when the Philippine Assembly was established, the province had no representation as it was then classified as a special province under the supervision of the Department of the Interior Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes.[4] Since 1916 when it was re-established as a specially organized province separate from its former Comandancia de Quiañgan which became the Ifugao sub-province under Jones Law, Nueva Vizcaya has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives.[5] It remains as a single-member district, except for a brief period between 1943 and 1944 when a second seat was allocated in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[6]
The district is currently represented by Luisa Lloren Cuaresma of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).[7]