Legislative districts of Capiz

The Legislative Districts of Capiz, namely the first and second districts, are the representations of the Province of Capiz in the Philippine House of Representatives. Capiz was divided into three legislative districts until 1957, when Aklan was granted its own representative, reducing it to two legislative districts. It was part of the representation of Region VI from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 2 assemblymen at-large. Romblon was last represented as part of the third district of Capiz in 1919.

1st District

• City: Roxas City
• Municipalities: Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas
• Population (2010): 387,539

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Gerardo A. Roxas, Jr.^1
9th Congress 1992–1993
9th Congress 1993–1995	Manuel A. Roxas II^2 ^3
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2000
12th Congress 2001–2004	Rodriguez D. Dadivas
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Antonio A. Del Rosario
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016

^1 Died on April 15, 1993.

^2 Won the special elections on August 30, 1993.

^3 Appointed Trade and Industry Secretary in January 2000.

1907–1909

• Municipalities: Capiz, Dao, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Eugenio Picazo

1909–1919

• Municipalities: Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Sigma

Period	Representative
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Rafael Acuña
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Antonio Belo

1919–1972

• Municipalities: Capiz (converted to Roxas City in 1951), Dao, Dumarao, Ivisan (Iuisan), Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, Cuartero (established 1938), President Roxas (established 1949), Maayon (re-established 1955)

Period	Representative
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Antonio Habana
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Manuel Acuña Roxas (1892–1948)
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Ramon A. Arnaldo
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Carmen Dinglasan Consing
4th Congress 1957–1961	Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982)
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Mariano H. Acuña
7th Congress 1969–1972	Juliano A. Alba

2nd District

• Municipalities: Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz
• Population (2010): 332,146

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Cornelio T. Villareal
9th Congress 1992–1995	Vicente J. Andaya, Jr.
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Fredenil H. Castro
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Jane T. Castro
16th Congress 2013–2016	Fredenil H. Castro

1907–1909

• Municipalities: Dumalag, Dumarao, Iuisan, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapas

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Jose Cortes Altavas (1877–1952)

1909–1919

• Municipalities: Calivo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Libacao, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Tapaz, Lezo (re-established 1909), Banga (re-established 1910), Altavas (established 1917), Balete (re-established 1919)

Period	Representative
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Leocadio Pajarillo
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Emilio Acevedo
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Leopoldo Mobo Alba

1919–1957

• Municipalities: Altavas, Balete, Banga, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, Sigma, Tapas, Batan (re-established 1930)

Period	Representative
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Jose A. Urquiola
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Agustin Aldea
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Jose Altavas
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Jose A. Dorado
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Cornelio T. Villareal
1st Congress 1946–1949
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957

1957–1972

• Municipalities: Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz

Period	Representative
4th Congress 1957–1961	Cornelio T. Villareal
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

3rd District (defunct)

• Municipalities: Buruanga, Ibajay, Kalibo, Libacao, Makato (Taft), Malinao, Nabas, Numancia (Lezo), Lezo (re-established 1941), Tangalan (re-established 1948), Madalag (re-established 1948), Malay (established 1949)

Period	Representative
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Eufrosino Alba
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Manuel Terencio
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Manuel Laserna
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Teodulfo Suñer
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Rufino L. Garde
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Rafael S. Tumbokon
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Juan M. Reyes
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946
1st Congress 1946–1949	Jose M. Reyes
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Godofredo P. Ramos
3rd Congress 1953–1957

1907–1909

• Municipalities: Bajadoz, Buruanga, Cajidiocan, Calivo, Ibajay, Libacao, Looc, Malinao, Nabas, Odiongan, Romblon, San Fernando, Taft

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Simeon Mobo

1909–1919

• Municipalities: Badajoz, Buruanga, Cajidiocan, Ibajay, Looc, Malinao, Nabas, Odiongan, Romblon, San Fernando, Taft, Jones (re-established 1918)

Period	Representative
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Braulio C. Manikan
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Jose Tirol
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Leonardo Festin

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Eduardo Abalo
	Alfredo V. Jacinto
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Enrique M. Belo
	Charles B. Escolin

See also

• Legislative district of Aklan
• Legislative district of Romblon

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library