Cagayan de Oro's at-large congressional district is an obsolete

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that encompassed the entire

Cagayan de Oro Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

prior to its 2007

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that took effect in the same year. It existed from 1984 to 2007, when Cagayan de Oro elected a representative city-wide

at-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...

to the Batasang Pambansa and to the restored House of Representatives. Before 1984 when it was granted its own seat in the regular Batasan assembly as a highly-urbanized city, Cagayan de Oro was represented as part of the multi-member Region X's at-large assembly district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa and was also included in Misamis Oriental's at-large congressional district in the earlier meetings of the Philippine national legislatures from 1931 to 1972. It was last represented by

Constantino Jaraula Constantino "Tinnex" Galagnara Jaraula (born June 20, 1937) is a Filipino politician who served as Mayor of Cagayan de Oro from 2007 to 2010. He served as representative of Cagayan de Oro's at-large congressional district during the 11th, 12th ...

of the

Lakas–CMD Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum, and is influenced by Christi ...

Representation history

References

{{Philippine congressional districts in Region X Former congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Cagayan de Oro 1984 establishments in the Philippines 1986 disestablishments in the Philippines 1987 establishments in the Philippines 2007 disestablishments in the Philippines At-large congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of Northern Mindanao Constituencies established in 1984 Constituencies disestablished in 2007

Representation history

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