Legislative districts of Palawan


The legislative districts of Palawan are the representations of the province of Palawan and the highly urbanized city of Puerto Princesa in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their [|first], [|second], and [|third] congressional districts.

History

Palawan initially comprised a single assembly district from 1907 to 1972. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the eighth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by the Second World War, [|two delegates] represented the province in 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, the province continued to comprise a lone district.
The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and elected [|one representative, at large], to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Palawan was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
The passage of Republic Act No. 10171 in 2012 separated Puerto Princesa and Aborlan from the second district to form the [|third district], which first elected its own representative in the 2013 elections.

1st District

PeriodRepresentative
8th Congress
1987-1992
David A. Ponce de Leon
9th Congress
1992-1995
David A. Ponce de Leon
10th Congress
1995-1998
Vicente A. Sandoval
11th Congress
1998-2001
Vicente A. Sandoval
12th Congress
2001-2004
Vicente A. Sandoval
13th Congress
2004-2007
Antonio C. Alvarez
14th Congress
2007-2010
Antonio C. Alvarez
15th Congress
2010-2013
Antonio C. Alvarez
16th Congress
2013-2016
Franz Josef George E. Alvarez
17th Congress
2016-2019
Franz Josef George E. Alvarez
18th Congress
2019-2022
Franz Josef George E. Alvarez

2nd District

PeriodRepresentative
16th Congress
2013-2016
Frederick F. Abueg
17th Congress
2016-2019
Frederick F. Abueg
18th Congress
2019-2022
Cyrille F. Abueg-Zaldivar

1987–2013

PeriodRepresentative
8th Congress
1987-1992
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
9th Congress
1992-1995
Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.
10th Congress
1995-1998
Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.
11th Congress
1998-2001
Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.
12th Congress
2001-2004
Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
13th Congress
2004-2007
Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
14th Congress
2007-2010
Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
15th Congress
2010-2013
Victorino Dennis M. Socrates

Notes

3rd District

PeriodRepresentative
16th Congress
2013-2016
Douglas S. Hagedorn
17th Congress
2016-2019
Gil P. Acosta
18th Congress
2019-2022
Gil A. Acosta Jr.

Notes

Lone District (defunct)

PeriodRepresentative
1st Philippine Legislature
1907-1909
Santiago M. Patero
2nd Philippine Legislature
1909-1912
Manuel Sandoval
3rd Philippine Legislature
1912-1916
Manuel Sandoval
4th Philippine Legislature
1916-1919
Manuel Sandoval
5th Philippine Legislature
1919-1922
Ramon De Jesus
6th Philippine Legislature
1922-1925
Patricio Fernandez
7th Philippine Legislature
1925-1928
Patricio Fernandez
8th Philippine Legislature
1928-1931
Patricio Fernandez
9th Philippine Legislature
1931-1934
Claudio R. Sandoval
10th Philippine Legislature
1934-1935
Claudio R. Sandoval
1st National Assembly
1935-1938
Claudio R. Sandoval
2nd National Assembly
1938-1941
Claudio R. Sandoval
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Sofronio Española
1st Congress
1946-1949
Sofronio Española
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Gaudencio E. Abordo
2nd Congress
1949-1953
Sofronio Española
3rd Congress
1953-1957
Gaudencio E. Abordo
4th Congress
1957-1961
Gaudencio E. Abordo
5th Congress
1961-1965
Gaudencio E. Abordo
6th Congress
1965-1969
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
7th Congress
1969-1972
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
7th Congress
1969-1972
vacant

Notes

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

1984–1986