Legislative districts of Negros Occidental

The Legislative Districts of Negros Occidental, namely the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts, are the representations of the Province of Negros Occidental in the Philippine House of Representatives. Negros Occidental was divided into three legislative districts from 1907 to 1972, it was redistricted into six legislative districts in 1986. It was part of the representation of Region VI from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 7 assemblymen at-large. Until 1986, Bacolod City was part of its representation.

1st District

• City: Escalante City, San Carlos City
• Municipalities: Calatrava, Don Salvador Benedicto, Toboso
• Population (2010): 367,277

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Salvador S. Laguda
9th Congress 1992–1995	Tranquilino B. Carmona
10th Congress 1995–1998	Julio A. Ledesma IV
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Tranquilino B. Carmona
14th Congress 2007–2010	Julio A. Ledesma IV
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

1907–1972

• Municipalities: Cadiz (became city 1967), Enrique B. Magalona (Saravia), Escalante, Manapla, Sagay, San Carlos, Silay (became city 1957), Victorias, Calatrava (established 1924), Toboso (established 1948)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Antonio Jayme
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Hermenegildo Villanueva
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Melecio Severino
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Lope B. Severino
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Serafin P. Hilado
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Jose C. Locsin
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Enrique B. Magalona
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Vicente F. Gustilo, Sr.
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Francisco Ferrer
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Jose Puey
4th Congress 1957–1961	Vicente F. Gustilo, Sr.
5th Congress 1961–1965	Armando C. Gustilo
	Vicente F. Gustilo, Sr.
6th Congress 1965–1969	Armando C. Gustilo
7th Congress 1969–1972

^1 From 1961–1962.

^2 From 1963–1965.

2nd District

• City: Cadiz City, Sagay City
• Municipality: Manapla
• Population (2010): 344,927

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Manuel H. Puey
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr.
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Alfredo D. Marañon III
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Leo Rafael M. Cueva

1907–1972

• Municipalities: Bacolod (became city 1938), Bago (became city 1965), La Carlota (became city 1965), Murcia, Talisay, Valladolid, Pulupandan (re-established 1916), San Enrique (re-established 1918)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Dionisio Mapa
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Manuel Fernandez Yanson
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Rafael R. Alunan
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Vicente Jimenez Yanson
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Ramon Torres
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Vicente Jimenez Yanson
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Ramon Torres
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Pedro C. Hernaez
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Aguedo Gonzaga
1st Congress 1946–1949	Carlos Hilado
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961	Inocencio V. Ferrer
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Felix P. Amante
7th Congress 1969–1972	Roberto L. Montelibano

3rd District

• City: Silay City, Talisay City, Victorias City
• Municipalities: Enrique B. Magalona, Murcia
• Population (2010): 441,510

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jose Carlos V. Lacson
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Edith A. Yotoko-Villanueva
12th Congress 2001–2004	Jose Carlos V. Lacson
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Alfredo Abelardo B. Benitez
16th Congress 2013–2016

1907–1972

• Municipalities: Binalbagan, Cauayan, Himamaylan, Hinigaran, Ilog, Isabela, Kabankalan, Pontevedra, La Castellana (re-established 1917), Sipalay (established 1948), Hinoba-an (Asia) (established 1948), Moises Padilla (Magallon) (established 1958), Candoni (established 1958)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Agustin Montilla
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Rafael Ramos
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Gil M. Montilla
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Tito Silverio
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Elisio M. Limsiaco
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Isaac Lacson
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Emilio Montilla
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Emilio Yulo
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Ramon Agustin
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Gil M. Montilla
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Jose Y. Yulo
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Raymundo Vargas
1st Congress 1946–1949	Elisio M. Limsiaco
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Augurio M. Abeto
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Agustin M. Gatuslao
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Felix M. Feria, Jr.
7th Congress 1969–1972	Agustin M. Gatuslao

4th District

• City: Bago City, La Carlota City
• Municipalities: Pontevedra, Pulupandan, San Enrique, Valladolid
• Population (2010): 359,287

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Edward M. Matti
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Carlos O. Cojuangco
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Jeffrey P. Ferrer
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

5th District

• City: Himamaylan City
• Municipalities: Binalbagan, Hinigaran, Isabela, La Castellana, Moises Padilla
• Population (2010): 420,155

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Mariano M. Yulo
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Jose Apolinario L. Lozada, Jr.
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Ignacio T. Arroyo, Jr.
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2012
15th Congress 2012–2013	Alejandro M. Mirasol
16th Congress 2013–2016

^1 Died January 26, 2012.

6th District

• City: Kabankalan City, Sipalay City
• Municipalities: Candoni, Cauayan, Hinoba-an, Ilog
• Population (2010): 462,373

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Hortensia L. Starke
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	Genaro M. Alvarez, Jr.
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Genaro Rafael K. Alvarez III
14th Congress 2007–2010	Genaro M. Alvarez, Jr.
15th Congress 2010–2013	Mercedes K. Alvarez
16th Congress 2013–2016

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Vicente F. Castillo
	Gil M. Montilla
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Wilson Gamboa
	Antonio M. Gatuslao
	Roberto A. Gatuslao
	Jaime G. Golez
	Alfredo G. Maranon, Jr.
	Roberto L. Montelibano
	Jose Y. Varela, Jr.

See also

• Legislative district of Bacolod City

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library