Legislative districts of Quezon

Legislative districts of Quezon.

The legislative districts of Quezon are the representations of the province of Quezon and the highly urbanized city of Lucena in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city are currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first, second, third, and fourth congressional districts.

History

The province, known as Tayabas until 1949, was initially composed of one representative district, wherein it elected three representatives, at large, to the Malolos Congress in 1898; it remained so until 1899. It was later divided into two representative districts in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly. Marinduque was last represented as part of the province's second district in 1922, after its establishment as a regular province in 1920 warranted its separate 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 the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the fifth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, Tayabas was represented by two delegates in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Its jurisdiction excluded the municipality of Infanta (including what is now General Nakar and Real) and the Polillo Islands, which were transferred to Laguna's jurisdiction. Upon the restoration of the Philippine 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 the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984. The sub-province of Aurora was last represented as part of Quezon's first 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 its own representation. The province elected four representatives at-large to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. It was redistricted into four congressional districts under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Despite being administratively independent from the provincial government of Quezon since July 1, 1991, the city of Lucena elects a congressional representative as part of the second 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 the Local Government Code of 1991 regarding a city declared as highly urbanized after 1986 but before 1992 and whose city charter (Republic Act No. 3271) contains a provision explicitly allowing participation in provincial affairs.

Current composition

The province is composed of four districts, each composed of one member, with 2 from NPC, and one each from Lakas and Reporma. All are members of the majority bloc.

Legislative districts and representatives of Quezon

District	Current Representative			Party	Constituent LGUs	Population (2020)	Area	Map
1st			Mark Enverga (since 2019) Mauban	NPC	List Tayabas Burdeos General Nakar Infanta Jomalig Lucban Mauban Pagbilao Panukulan Patnanungan Polillo Real Sampaloc	573,895	4,178.81 km²
2nd			David Suarez (since 2019) Tiaong	Lakas	List Lucena Candelaria Dolores Sariaya San Antonio Tiaong	753,343	825.38 km²
3rd			Reynante Arrogancia (since 2022) Mulanay	Reporma	List Agdangan Buenavista Catanauan General Luna Macalelon Mulanay Padre Burgos Pitogo San Andres San Francisco San Narciso Unisan	446,711	1,986.20 km²
4th			Mike Tan (since 2022) Mulanay	NPC	List Alabat Atimonan Calauag Guinayangan Gumaca Lopez Perez Plaridel Quezon Tagkawayan	455,434	2,079.21 km²

Historical and defunct district boundaries

Tayabas, later Quezon has been redistricted 3 times since 1907. It included territories of now-provinces of Aurora and Marinduque.

District boundary changes
Year	Map	District constituencies (City/Muncipality)
1987–present
		1st: Tayabas Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc
		2nd: Lucena Candelaria, Dolores, Sariaya, San Antonio, Tiaong
		3rd: Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan
		4th: Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon, Tagkawayan
1922–1972
		1st: Lucena Baler, Burdeos, Candelaria, Casiguran, Dilasag, Dinalungan, Dingalan, Dipaculao, Dolores, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Maria Aurora, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc, San Antonio, San Luis, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong
		2nd: Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Plaridel, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, Unisan
1907–1922
		1st: Atimonan, Baler, Candelaria, Casiguran, Dolores, Infanta, Laguimanoc, Lucban, Lucena, Mauban, Pagbilao, Polillo, Sampaloc, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong
		2nd: Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan, Gasan, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mogpog, Mulanay, Pitogo, Quezon, San Narciso, Santa Cruz, Torrijos, Unisan

At-large

1898–1899

Period	Representatives
Malolos Congress 1898–1899	Sofio Alandy
	José Espinosa
	Basilo Teodoro

1943–1944

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Natalio A. Enriquez (ex officio)
	Tomas B. Morato

1978–1986

Period	Representatives
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

Redistricting

Quezon was last redistricted in 1987. Since then, two bills had been filed in the 17th and 18th Congress to reapportion the province's districts.

See also

• Legislative district of Marinduque
• Legislative district of Aurora