Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district

Nueva Vizcaya's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Nueva Vizcaya within the Philippines
ProvinceNueva Vizcaya
RegionCagayan Valley
Population497,432 (2020)[1]
Electorate296,233 (2022)[2]
Area4,221.45 km2 (1,629.91 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1916 (single-member district)
RepresentativeLuisa Lloren Cuaresma
Political party  UNA
Congressional blocMajority

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]

  1. ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections". Commission on Elections. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 – January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Act No. 2657". Official Gazette (Philippines). December 31, 1916. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved January 13, 2023.