Masbate's 1st congressional district

Masbate's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Masbate. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.[3] The district consists of six municipalities in the Burias and Ticao islands of northern Masbate, namely Claveria and San Pascual in Burias island, and Batuan, Monreal, San Fernando and San Jacinto in Ticao island.[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Richard Kho of the PDP-Laban.[5]

Masbate's 1st congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Location of Masbate within the Philippines
ProvinceMasbate
RegionBicol Region
Population185,496 (2015)[1]
Electorate116,767 (2019)[2]
Major settlements
Area814.48 km2 (314.47 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1987
RepresentativeRichard Kho
Political party  PDP-Laban
Congressional blocMajority

Representation history
# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history Constituent
LGUs
StartEnd

Masbate's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

District created February 2, 1987.[4]
1 Tito R. Espinosa June 30, 1987 February 28, 1995 8th Independent Elected in 1987. 1987–present
Batuan, Claveria, Monreal, San Fernando, San Jacinto, San Pascual
9th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 1992.
Died in office.
2 Vida Verzosa Espinosa June 30, 1995 June 30, 2004 10th Lakas–CMD Elected in 1995.
11th Re-elected in 1998.
12th Re-elected in 2001.
3 Narciso Bravo Jr. June 30, 2004 June 30, 2013 13th KAMPI Elected in 2004.
14th Lakas–CMD Re-elected in 2007.
15th NUP Re-elected in 2010.
4 Ma. Vida Espinosa Bravo June 30, 2013 June 30, 2019 16th NUP Elected in 2013.
17th Re-elected in 2016.
(3) Narciso Bravo Jr. June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 18th NUP Elected in 2019.
5 Ricardo T. Kho June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th PDP–Laban Elected in 2022.

Election results

See also

References
  1. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  5. "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.