Legislative district of Ifugao


The legislative district of Ifugao is the representation of the province of Ifugao in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its [|lone congressional district].

History

In 1917 the undivided Mountain Province, of which Ifugao was a component sub-province, was provided representation in the Philippine Legislature. Pursuant to the Revised Administrative Code enacted on March 10, 1917, the non-Christian-majority areas of the Philippines, which then included the Mountain Province, were to be collectively represented in the legislature's upper house by two senators from the 12th senatorial district, both appointed by the Governor-General. Three assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the Mountain Province and the chartered city of Baguio in the lower house as a single at-large district.
The residents of Ifugao and the rest of the Mountain Province only began electing representatives through popular vote in 1935 by virtue of Act No. 4203; the law provided the territorial coverage for each lower house representative district, while also abolishing the senatorial district system. The sub-province was then represented as part of the Mountain Province's third district.
In the disruption caused by the Second World War, the Mountain Province sent [|two delegates] to the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor, while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, district representation was restored to the pre-war setup: the sub-province of Ifugao remained part of Mountain Province's third district.
The enactment of Republic Act No. 4695 on June 18, 1966 made the sub-province of Ifugao into a full-fledged province. The new province began electing its separate representative starting in the next general election.
Ifugao was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region II from 1978 to 1984, and returned [|one representative, elected at-large], to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. It retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

PeriodRepresentative
7th Congress
1969-1972		Romulo B. Lumauig
8th Congress
1987-1992		Gualberto B. Lumauig
9th Congress
1992-1995		Benjamin B. Cappleman
10th Congress
1995-1998		Benjamin B. Cappleman
11th Congress
1998-2001		Benjamin B. Cappleman
12th Congress
2001-2004		Solomon R. Chungalao
13th Congress
2004-2007		Solomon R. Chungalao
14th Congress
2007-2010		Solomon R. Chungalao
15th Congress
2010-2013		Teodoro B. Baguilat, Jr.
16th Congress
2013-2016		Teodoro B. Baguilat, Jr.
17th Congress
2016-2019		Teodoro B. Baguilat, Jr.
18th Congress
2019-2022		Solomon R. Chungalao

At-Large (defunct)