Bukidnon's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Bukidnon. It existed between 1935 and 1986 as either a single or plural member constituency for several national legislatures.
Bukidnon was first created as a subprovince of Agusan in 1907 from the territory of the Buquidnones that was previously unorganized spanning the Spanish politico-military districts of Misamis and Cotabato. It was admitted as a special province in 1914 under the direct control and jurisdiction of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu whose representatives to the national legislature were appointed by the Governor General as one at-large district beginning with the 4th Philippine Legislature in 1916. Following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act in 1934, a delegate from the province was elected for the first time to the Philippine constitutional convention held in the same year. The province then began to send a representative to the Commonwealth National Assembly the following year from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution.
Bukidnon was also represented in the Second Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It returned to a single-member constituency for the restored House of Representatives in both the Commonwealth Congress and all seven meetings of the Third Philippine Republic Congress until 1972. The district was last contested at the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election and was eliminated following the 1987 apportionment under a new constitution.
Representation history # Term of office NationalAssembly Single seatStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historyBukidnon's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) District created February 8, 1935 from Mindanao and Sulu's at-large district. 1 September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st Manuel Fortich NacionalistaDemocrático Elected in 1935. 2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938. # Term of office NationalAssembly Seat A Seat BStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral history Image Member Party Electoral historyBukidnon's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) District re-created September 7, 1943. – September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 3rd Pedro Carrillo KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Antonio Rubin KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member. # Term of office CommonwealthCongress Single seat Seats eliminatedStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historyBukidnon's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (1) – – 1st Manuel Fortich Nacionalista Re-elected in 1941.Died before start of term. # Term of office Congress Single seatStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historyBukidnon's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines 2 May 25, 1946 October 12, 1946 1st Carlos A. Fortich Liberal Elected in 1946.Died in office. 3 March 11, 1947 December 30, 1949 Remedios Ozámiz Fortich Liberal Elected in 1947 to finish her husband's term. 4 December 30, 1949 March 3, 1960 2nd Cesar M. Fortich Liberal Elected in 1949. 3rd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1953. 4th Re-elected in 1957.Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources. – March 3, 1960 September 15, 1961 vacant – No special election held to fill vacancy. (4) September 15, 1961 December 30, 1965 Cesar M. Fortich Nacionalista Returned to office upon resignation as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 5th Re-elected in 1961. 5 December 30, 1965 December 30, 1969 6th Benjamin N. Tabios Liberal Elected in 1965. (4) December 30, 1969 September 23, 1972 7th Cesar M. Fortich Nacionalista Elected in 1969.Removed from office after imposition of martial law. District dissolved into the nine-seat Region X's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa. # Term of office BatasangPambansa Seat A Seat BStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral history Image Member Party Electoral historyBukidnon's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa District re-created February 1, 1984. – July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Lorenzo S. Dinlayan KBL Elected in 1984. Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. KBL Elected in 1984. District dissolved into Bukidnon's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.
See also Legislative districts of Bukidnon
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