Bukidnon's at-large congressional district refers to the lonecongressional district of the Philippines in the province ofBukidnon. It existed between 1935 and 1986 as either a single or plural member constituency for severalnational legislatures.[1]
Bukidnon was first created as a subprovince ofAgusan in 1907 from the territory of theBuquidnones that was previously unorganized spanning the Spanish politico-military districts ofMisamis andCotabato.[2] It was admitted as a special province in 1914 under the direct control and jurisdiction of theDepartment of Mindanao and Sulu whose representatives to the national legislature were appointed by theGovernor General as oneat-large district beginning with the4th Philippine Legislature in 1916.[3] Following the passage of theTydings–McDuffie Act in 1934, a delegate from the province was elected for the first time to thePhilippine constitutional convention held in the same year.[4] The province then began to send a representative to theCommonwealth National Assembly the following year from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution.[5]
Bukidnon was also represented in theSecond Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It returned to a single-member constituency for the restoredHouse of Representatives in both the Commonwealth Congress and all seven meetings of theThird Philippine Republic Congress until 1972. The district was last contested at the1984 Philippine parliamentary election and was eliminated following the 1987apportionment under a new constitution.[6][1]
| # | Term of office | National Assembly | Single seat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Bukidnon's at-large district for theNational Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)[edit] | |||||||||||||||
| District created February 8, 1935 from Mindanao and Sulu's at-large district.[5] | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st |  | Manuel Fortich | Nacionalista Democrático | Elected in 1935. | ||||||||
| 2nd | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | |||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||||
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Bukidnon's at-large district for theNational Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)[edit] | |||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943.[7] | |||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 3rd |  | Pedro Carrillo | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | | Antonio Rubin | KALIBAPI | Appointed as anex officio member. | ||||
| # | Term of office | Common wealth Congress | Single seat | Seats eliminated | |||||||||||
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Bukidnon's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines[edit] | |||||||||||||||
| 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 seat | ||||||||||||
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
Bukidnon's at-large district for theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines[edit] | |||||||||||||||
| 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 asSecretary 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 afterimposition of martial law. | ||||||||
| District dissolved into the nine-seatRegion X's at-large district for theInterim Batasang Pambansa. | |||||||||||||||
| # | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||||||
| Start | End | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Bukidnon's at-large district for theRegular Batasang Pambansa[edit] | |||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[8] | |||||||||||||||
| – | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | | Lorenzo S. Dinlayan | KBL | Elected in 1984. | .jpg) | Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. | KBL | Elected in 1984. | ||||
| District dissolved intoBukidnon's 1st,2nd and3rd districts. | |||||||||||||||
