La Union's at-large congressional district is an obsolete

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that was used for electing members of Philippine national legislatures in

La Union La Union (), officially the Province of La Union ( ilo, Probinsia ti La Union; Kankanaey'': Probinsyan di La Union;'' Ibaloi'': Probinsya ne La Union;'' pag, Luyag/Probinsia na La Union; Tagalog'': Lalawigan ng La Union),'' is a province in th ...

before 1987. La Union first elected its representatives

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during the 1898 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the

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, the National Assembly of the

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, with additional seats granted to two appointed delegates. Following the installation of U.S. civil government in 1901 and the reorganization of provinces for the

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, La Union was divided into a

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and

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district. The provincewide electoral district was re-created ahead of the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the

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of the

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, with an additional seat assigned to its provincial governor. The district became inactive again following the restoration of the House of Representatives in 1945 when La Union returned to electing its representatives from its two districts. In the unicameral

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that replaced the House in 1978, La Union was included in the multi-member regional electoral district of Region I (

Ilocos Region Ilocos Region ( ilo, Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; pag, Sagor na Baybay na Luzon/Rehiyon Uno; tl, Rehiyon ng Ilocos) is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region I, occupying the northwestern section of Luzon and part of ...

) for its interim parliament. The district was again utilized in the

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when La Union was granted two seats in the regular parliament. After 1986, La Union elected its representatives from its two single-member congressional districts restored under a new constitution.

Representation history

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Representation history

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