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Thelegislative districts of Quezon are the representations of theprovince ofQuezon and thehighly urbanized city ofLucena in thevarious national legislatures of thePhilippines. The province and the city are currently represented in thelower house of theCongress of the Philippines through theirfirst,second,third, andfourth congressional districts.
Areas now under the jurisdiction of Quezon, known asTayabas until 1949, were initially represented by the at-large district of Tayabas, which electedthree representatives, and the at-large district of Principe and Infanta to theMalolos Congress in1898; it remained so until 1899.[1] Tayabas was later divided into two representative districts in 1907 for thePhilippine Assembly.[2]Marinduque was last represented as part of the province'ssecond district in 1922, after its establishment as a regular province in 1920 warranted itsseparate representation. As a consequence, a minor reorganization of the composition of the districts of Tayabas took place to compensate for the reduced population of the second district. When seats for theupper house of thePhilippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of thefifth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by theSecond World War, Tayabas was represented bytwo delegates in theNational Assembly of the Japanese-sponsoredSecond Philippine Republic: one was theprovincial governor (anex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly ofKALIBAPI members during theJapanese occupation of the Philippines. Its jurisdiction excluded the municipality ofInfanta (including what is nowGeneral Nakar andReal) and thePolillo Islands, which were transferred to Laguna's jurisdiction. Upon the restoration of thePhilippine Commonwealth in 1945, Tayabas's pre-war two-district representation was retained; this remained so until 1972.
The province of Quezon (with the sub-province of Aurora, established in 1951) was represented in theInterim Batasang Pambansa as part ofRegion IV-A from 1978 to 1984. The sub-province ofAurora was last represented as part of Quezon'sfirst district in 1972, and as part of Quezon's representation in general in 1984, after its conversion into a regular province in 1979 entitled it to itsown representation. The province electedfour representatives at-large to theRegular Batasang Pambansa in1984. It was redistricted into fourcongressional districts under the new Constitution[3] which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives startingthat same year.
Despite being administratively independent from the provincial government of Quezon since July 1, 1991, the city ofLucena elects a congressional representative as part of thesecond district, and has retained the right for its residents to elect and be elected to provincial offices through the exception made in Section 452-c of theLocal Government Code of 1991 regarding a city declared as highly urbanized after 1986 but before 1992 and whose city charter (Republic Act No. 3271)[4] contains a provision explicitly allowing participation in provincial affairs.
The province is composed of four districts, each electing one member, with three fromNPC and one fromLakas. All are members of the majority bloc.
| District | Current Representative | Party | Constituencies | Population (2020)[5] | Area (km2)[6] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | .jpg) | Wilfrido Mark McCormick Enverga (since2019) Mauban | NPC | 573,895 | 4,178.81 |  | ||
| 2nd | .jpg) | David Catarina Suarez (since2019) Tiaong | Lakas–CMD | 753,343 | 825.38 |  | ||
| 3rd | .jpg) | Reynante Uy Arrogancia (since2022) Pitogo | NPC | 446,711 | 1,986.20 |  | ||
| 4th | .jpg) | Keith Micah "Mike" De Luna Tan (since2022) Gumaca | NPC | 455,434 | 2,079.21 |  | ||
Tayabas, later Quezon, has been redistricted three times since 1907. It included territories of the current provinces ofAurora,Marinduque and parts of the currentSanta Elena,Camarines Norte.
| Period | Representatives |
|---|---|
| Malolos Congress 1898–1899 | Sofio Alandy |
| José Espinosa | |
| Basilo Teodoro |
| Period | Representatives |
|---|---|
| National Assembly 1943–1944 | Natalio A. Enriquez (ex officio) |
| Tomas B. Morato |
| Period | Member of Parliament Mambabatas Pambansa |
|---|---|
| Interim Batasang Pambansa 1978–1984 | Godofredo M. Tan |
| Medardo L. Tumagay | |
| Cesar A. Villariba, Sr. | |
| Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 | Cesar D. Bolaños |
| Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr. | |
| Hjalamar P. Quintana | |
| Oscar F. Santos |
Quezon was last redistricted in 1987. Since then, two bills had been filed in the17th and18th Congress to reapportion the province's districts.[8][9]
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