Legislative district of Abra
The legislative district of Abra is the representation of the province of Abra 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
Abra was initially represented in 1907 as part of the third assembly district of Ilocos Sur, having been annexed to the latter as a sub-province in 1905. Following its re-establishment as a regular province on March 9, 1917 through Act No. 2683, Abra was granted its separate representation; its first representative was elected in 1919. 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 first 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.
Abra was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected [|one representative] to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province 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
- Population : 241,160
| Period | Representative |
| 5th Philippine Legislature 1919-1922 | Eustaquio Purugganan |
| 6th Philippine Legislature 1922-1925 | Adolfo Brillantes |
| 7th Philippine Legislature 1925-1928 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 8th Philippine Legislature 1928-1931 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 9th Philippine Legislature 1931-1934 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 10th Philippine Legislature 1934-1935 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 1st National Assembly 1935-1938 | Agapito Garduque |
| 2nd National Assembly 1938-1941 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 1st Commonwealth Congress 1945 | Jesus Paredes |
| 1st Congress 1946-1949 | Quintín B. Paredes |
| 2nd Congress 1949-1953 | Virgilio Valera |
| 3rd Congress 1953-1957 | Lucas P. Paredes |
| 4th Congress 1957-1961 | Lucas P. Paredes |
| 5th Congress 1961-1965 | Lucas P. Paredes |
| 6th Congress 1965-1969 | Carmelo Z. Barbero |
| 7th Congress 1969-1972 | Carmelo Z. Barbero |
| 8th Congress 1987-1992 | Rudolfo A. Bernardez |
| 9th Congress 1992-1995 | Jeremias Z. Zapata |
| 10th Congress 1995-1998 | Jeremias Z. Zapata |
| 11th Congress 1998-2001 | Vicente Ysidro P. Valera |
| 12th Congress 2001-2004 | Luis P. Bersamin, Jr. |
| 13th Congress 2004-2007 | Luis P. Bersamin, Jr. |
| 13th Congress 2004-2007 | vacant |
| 14th Congress 2007-2010 | Cecilia Seares-Luna |
| 15th Congress 2010-2013 | Ma. Jocelyn V. Bernos |
| 16th Congress 2013-2016 | Ma. Jocelyn V. Bernos |
| 17th Congress 2016-2019 | Joseph Sto. Niño B. Bernos |
| 18th Congress 2019-2022 | Joseph Sto. Niño B. Bernos |
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