Misamis Occidental's at-large congressional district is an obsolete

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that encompassed the entire province of

Misamis Occidental Misamis Occidental ( ceb, Kasadpang Misamis; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Sindepan Mis'samis''; fil, Kanlurang Misamis), officially the Province of Misamis Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province located in the Regions of the Ph ...

. It was created ahead of the

1931 Philippine House of Representatives elections Elections for the members of the House of Representatives were held on June 2, 1931 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902, which prescribed elections for every three years. The ruling Nacionalista Consolidado retained their majority in ...

following the 1929 division of Misamis into two provinces. The district elected one member to the final two meetings of the

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from 1931 to 1935 and to the Commonwealth National Assembly from 1935 to 1941. Two members represented the district in the Second Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944. It returned to a single-member constituency for the restored

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in both the Commonwealth Congress from 1945 to 1946 and all seven meetings post-independence until 1972. The district was last contested at the

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and was abolished following the 1987

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under a new constitution.

Representation history

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{{Philippine congressional districts in Region X Former congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Misamis Occidental 1929 establishments in the Philippines 1986 disestablishments in the Philippines At-large congressional districts of the Philippines Congressional districts of Northern Mindanao Constituencies established in 1929 Constituencies disestablished in 1972 Constituencies established in 1984 Constituencies disestablished in 1986

Representation history

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