The legislative districts of Las Piñas are the representations of the
highly urbanized city of
Las Piñas in the
Congress of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the
lower house
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of the Congress through its
lone congressional district.
History
Las Piñas was represented as part of the
at-large district of the
province of Manila
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in the
Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899, the
first district
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of
Rizal
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...
from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972, the
at-large district of Rizal in the
National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944, and the representation of
Region IV in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984. It was later grouped with
Parañaque
Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to t ...
(as the
district of Las Piñas–Parañaque) from 1984 to 1986 for representation in the
Regular Batasang Pambansa. In 1987, it was grouped with
Muntinlupa to form the
district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa. Las Piñas first elected its own representative in 1998, after the city charter of Muntinlupa (Republic Act No. 7926), approved on March 1, 1995, and ratified on May 8, 1995, separated the two. This separation was confirmed by the city's own city charter (Republic Act No. 8251
), approved on February 2, 1997, and ratified on March 26, 1997.
Current districts and representatives
Notes
See also
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Legislative districts of Rizal
The legislative districts of Rizal are the representations of the province of Rizal in the various national and local legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines by ...
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Legislative district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa
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Legislative district of Las Piñas–Parañaque
The Legislative district of Las Piñas–Parañaque was the combined representation of the Metropolitan Manila municipalities of Las Piñas and Parañaque in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.
History
Prior to gaining joint repr ...
References
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