Laguna's 1st congressional district
| Laguna's 1st congressional district | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
 Location of Laguna within the Philippines | |
| Province | Laguna |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Population | 326,001 (2020)[1] |
| Electorate | 174,499 (2022)[2] |
| Major settlements | San Pedro |
| Area | 24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1907 |
| Representative | Ann Matibag |
| Political party | Lakas–CMD |
| Congressional bloc | Majority |
Laguna's 1st congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Laguna, formerly La Laguna. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[3] The district currently consists of the northwestern city of San Pedro. It also encompassed the western Laguna municipalities of Alaminos, Bay, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, and Victoria until 1972; Biñan until 2016;[4] and Santa Rosa until 2022.[5][6][7] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ann Matibag of Lakas–CMD.[8][9]
Representation history
[edit]| # | Image | Member | Term of office | Legislature | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| District created January 9, 1907.[10][11] | ||||||||||
| 1 | 
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Pedro Paterno (1857–1911) |
October 16, 1907 | October 16, 1909 | 1st | Nacionalista | Elected in 1907. | 1907–1909 Alaminos, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, Santa Rosa | ||
| 2 | Potenciano Malvar (1867–1964) |
October 16, 1909 | October 1, 1910 | 2nd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1909. Resigned on appointment as La Laguna governor. |
1909–1916 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro Tunasan, Santa Rosa | |||
| 3 | Marcos Paulino (1871–1951) |
December 20, 1910 | October 16, 1912 | Progresista | Elected in 1910 to finish Malvar's term. | |||||
| 4 | Servillano Platón (1877–1953) |
October 16, 1912 | October 16, 1916 | 3rd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1912. | ||||
La Laguna's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands[edit] | ||||||||||
| 5 | Feliciano Gómez (1882–1944) |
October 16, 1916 | June 3, 1919 | 4th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1916. | 1916–1919 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | |||
Laguna's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands[edit] | ||||||||||
| 6 | Vicente Ocampo | June 3, 1919 | June 6, 1922 | 5th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1919. | 1919–1935 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | |||
| 7 | Tomás Dizon (1888–??) |
June 6, 1922 | June 5, 1928 | 6th | Nacionalista Colectivista |
Elected in 1922. | ||||
| 7th | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Re-elected in 1925. | ||||||||
| 8 | Román Gesmundo | June 5, 1928 | June 2, 1931 | 8th | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1928. | ||||
| (5) | Feliciano Gómez (1882–1944) |
June 2, 1931 | June 5, 1934 | 9th | Nacionalista Consolidado |
Elected in 1931. | ||||
| 9 | Aurelio C. Almazán | June 5, 1934 | September 16, 1935 | 10th | Sakdalista | Elected in 1934. | ||||
| # | Image | Member | Term of office | National Assembly |
Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | |||
| Start | End | |||||||||
Laguna's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)[edit] | ||||||||||
| (7) | Tomás Dizon (1888–??) |
September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1941 | 1st | Nacionalista Democrático |
Elected in 1935. | 1935–1941 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | |||
| 2nd | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||
| District dissolved into the two-seat Laguna's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic). | ||||||||||
| # | Image | Member | Term of office | Common wealth Congress |
Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | |||
| Start | End | |||||||||
Laguna's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines[edit] | ||||||||||
| District re-created May 24, 1945. | ||||||||||
| 10 | 
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Conrado Potenciano (1888-1951) |
June 11, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | 1945–1946 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | ||
| # | Image | Image | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | Constituent LGUs | |||
| Start | End | |||||||||
Laguna's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[edit] | ||||||||||
| 11 | Eduardo A. Barretto | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | Liberal | Elected in 1946. | 1946–1949 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | |||
| 12 | Manuel A. Concordia | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 2nd | Liberal | Elected in 1949. | 1949–1972 Alaminos, Bay, Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Baños, Pila, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Victoria | |||
| 13 | Jacobo Z. Gonzales | December 30, 1953 | December 30, 1961 | 3rd | Nacionalista | Elected in 1953. | ||||
| 4th | Re-elected in 1957. | |||||||||
| 14 | 
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Joaquín E. Chipeco | December 30, 1961 | December 30, 1965 | 5th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1961. | |||
| (12) | Manuel A. Concordia | December 30, 1965 | December 30, 1969 | 6th | Liberal | Elected in 1965. | ||||
| (14) |
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Joaquín E. Chipeco | December 30, 1969 | September 23, 1972 | 7th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law. | |||
| District dissolved into the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the four-seat Laguna's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. | ||||||||||
| District re-created February 2, 1987. | ||||||||||
| 15 | Nereo R. Joaquin (born 1939) |
June 30, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | 8th | LABAN | Elected in 1987. | 1987–2016 Biñan, San Pedro, Santa Rosa | |||
| 16 | Roy M. Almoro | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | 9th | Lakas | Elected in 1992. | ||||
| (15) | Nereo R. Joaquin (born 1939) |
June 30, 1995 | June 30, 1998 | 10th | NPC | Elected in 1995. | ||||
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Uliran T. Joaquin (born 1944) |
June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2007 | 11th | LAMMP | Elected in 1998. | |||
| 12th | NPC | Re-elected in 2001. | ||||||||
| 13th | Re-elected in 2004. | |||||||||
| 18 | 
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Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez (born 1966) |
June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2016 | 14th | Lakas | Elected in 2007. Election annulled by House electoral tribunal November 20, 2009 but reversed by Supreme Court January 4, 2010. | |||
| 15th | Liberal | Re-elected in 2010. | ||||||||
| 16th | Re-elected in 2013. | |||||||||
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Arlene B. Arcillas (born 1969) |
June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2019 | 17th | Liberal | Elected in 2016. | 2016–2022 San Pedro, Santa Rosa | ||
| PDP–Laban | ||||||||||
| (18) |
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Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez (born 1966) |
June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | 18th | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2019. Redistricted to Santa Rosa's at-large district. | |||
| NUP | ||||||||||
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Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes G. Matibag (born 1984) |
June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 19th | PDP–Laban | Elected in 2022. | 2022–present San Pedro | ||
| Lakas | ||||||||||
Election results
[edit]2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDP–Laban | Ann Matibag | 69,815 | 50.68 | |||
| Nacionalista | Dave Almarinez | 53,783 | 39.04 | |||
| PRP | Dave Aldave | 5,346 | 3.88 | |||
| Liberal | Kathleen Kay Gilbuena | 4,028 | 2.92 | |||
| Independent | Edsel Mercado, Jr. | 3,889 | 2.82 | |||
| Independent | John Gilbuena | 895 | 0.64 | |||
| Total votes | 137,756 | 100.00 | ||||
| PDP–Laban gain from NUP | ||||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDP–Laban | Danilo Fernandez | 188,929 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 188,929 | 100.00 | ||
| PDP–Laban hold | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arlene Arcillas-Nazareno | 196,440 | 73.45 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 71,012 | 26.55 | ||
| Total votes | 267,452 | 100.00 | ||
| Liberal hold | ||||
2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Danilo Ramon Fernandez | 131,384 | 63.30 | |
| PDP–Laban | Gat-Ala Alatiit, Jr. | 43,441 | 20.93 | |
| Margin of victory | 87,943 | 42.37% | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 32,717 | 15.76 | ||
| Total votes | 207,542 | 100.00 | ||
| Liberal hold | ||||
2010
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakas–Kampi | Danilo Fernandez | 219,439 | 75.89 | |
| NPC | Uliran Joaquin | 69,715 | 24.11 | |
| Valid ballots | 289,154 | 94.82 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 15,783 | 5.18 | ||
| Total votes | 304,937 | 100.00 | ||
| Lakas–Kampi hold | ||||
2007
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakas | Danilo Fernandez | 95,927 | 43.74% | |||
| NPC | Nereo Joaquin, Jr. | 61,891 | 28.22% | |||
| Independent | Felicisimo Vierneza | 46,541 | 21.22% | |||
| PMP | Gabnulang Alatiit | 14,519 | 6.62% | |||
| Liberal | Libreto Patromo | 426 | 0.19% | |||
| Total votes | 219,304 | 100.00 | ||||
| Lakas gain from NPC | ||||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPC | Uliran Joaquin | 166,558 | 70.46% | |
| Lakas | Melvin Matibag | 69,812 | 29.54% | |
| Total votes | 236,370 | 100.00 | ||
| NPC hold | ||||
2001
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPC | Uliran Joaquin | 136,795 | 83.23% | |
| Lakas | Arturo Anas | 24,497 | 14.91% | |
| Independent | Cornelio Lauron, Jr. | 3,056 | 1.86% | |
| Total votes | 164,348 | 100.00 | ||
| NPC hold | ||||
1998
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMMP | Uliran Joaquin | 111,659 | 56.01 | |
| Lakas | Calixto Cataquiz | 77,736 | 38.99% | |
| Reporma | Reynaldo Cardeno | 8,569 | 4.3% | |
| PDP–Laban | Jacinto Lappay | 1,396 | 0.7% | |
| Total votes | 199,360 | 100.00 | ||
| LAMMP hold | ||||
1995
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Nereo Joaquin | 71,692 | 53.39% | |||
| Lakas | Roy Almoro | 62,576 | 46.61% | |||
| Total votes | 134,268 | 100.00 | ||||
| LDP gain from Lakas | ||||||
1992
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Roy Almoro | 44,756 | 37.72 | |
| NPC | Noe Zarate | 31,835 | 26.83 | |
| LDP | Roman Artes | 15,360 | 12.95 | |
| Nacionalista | Rodolfo Galang | 11,364 | 9.58 | |
| Independent | Potenciano Flores, Jr. | 5,544 | 4.67 | |
| KBL | Leonardo Lazarte | 3,928 | 3.31 | |
| NUCD | Luis Alberto | 3,326 | 2.80 | |
| KBL | Victor Escueta | 1,994 | 1.68 | |
| Lakas | Roland Rivera | 548 | 0.46 | |
| Total votes | 118,655 | 100.00 | ||
1910 special
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progresista | Marcos Paulino | 1,491 | 59.66 | |||
| Nacionalista | Servillano Platón | 1,008 | 40.34 | |||
| Total votes | 2,499 | 100.00 | ||||
| Progresista gain from Nacionalista | ||||||
See also
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