Mountain Province's 2nd congressional district was one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in Mountain Province following its division from the at-large district on two occasions between 1935 and 1969. It was first created in 1935 under Act No. 4203 of the Philippine Legislature for the first elections to the National Assembly and the first under the 1935 Constitution. The district was originally composed of the sub-province of Benguet and Baguio, a chartered city independent from the province that did not vote for provincial officials since 1909 by virtue of Act No. 1963, but was included in the district for congressional representation. It was a single-member district throughout the two legislatures of the Commonwealth National Assembly from 1935 to 1941, before it was dissolved into two separate two-member at-large districts for the National Assembly of the Second Republic: one for Mountain Province and another for Baguio City. It was later re-created in 1945 and reverted to a single-member district for the first eight legislatures of the House of Representatives from 1945 to 1969.
It was formally abolished in 1969 following the passage of Republic Act No. 4695 in 1966, which created the province of Benguet, together with Ifugao, Kalinga-Apayao, and the smaller Mountain Province. The sub-province of Benguet, together with the city of Baguio, was redistricted to a new at-large district. The district was last represented by Andres Cosalan of the Liberal Party, who also became the first representative of Benguet's at-large congressional district under the Nacionalista Party following its dissolution.
List of members representing the district National Assembly (1935–1944) Commonwealth Portrait Member Term of office Party Legislature Electoral history Constituencies District created July 23, 1935. 1 Felipe E. Jose November 25, 1935–December 30, 1938 Nacionalista Democratico 1st National Assembly Elected in 1935. 1935–1941BenguetBaguio 2 Ramon P. Mitra December 30, 1938–December 30, 1941 Nacionalista 2nd National Assembly Elected in 1938. District dissolved into Mountain Province's at-large district for the Second Republic National Assembly.
House of Representatives (1945–1973) Portrait Member Term of office Party Legislature Electoral history Constituencies District re-created May 24, 1945. (2) Ramon P. Mitra June 9, 1945–May 25, 1946 Nacionalista 1st Commonwealth Congress Elected in 1941. 1945–1969BenguetBaguio 3 Jose Mencio May 25, 1946–December 30, 1949 rowspan="2" Liberal 2nd Commonwealth Congress Elected in 1946. 1st Congress 4 Dennis Molintas December 30, 1949–September 25, 1951 Liberal 2nd Congress Elected in 1949.Election annulled by House electoral tribunal after an electoral protest. (2) Ramon P. Mitra September 25, 1951–December 30, 1965 Nacionalista Declared winner of 1949 elections. Democratic 3rd Congress Re-elected in 1953. rowspan="2" Nacionalista 4th Congress Re-elected in 1957. 5th Congress Re-elected in 1961. 5 Andres Cosalan December 30, 1965–December 30, 1969 Liberal 6th Congress Elected in 1965. District dissolved into Benguet's at-large district.
See also Legislative districts of Mountain Province
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