Quirino's at-large congressional district is the sole

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in the province of

Quirino Quirino, officially the Province of Quirino ( ilo, Probinsia ti Quirino; tl, Lalawigan ng Quirino), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Cabarroguis. It is named after Elpi ...

. It has been represented in the

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since 1987 and earlier in the

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from 1984 to 1986. Quirino first elected a single representative provincewide

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for the

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of the

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in 1984 or more than 12 years since its creation as a regular province separate from

Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the ...

on September 10, 1971. Due to the 1972 imposition of martial law and subsequent dissolution of both houses of Congress, the then newly-created province has not had a representative elected as provided for in its provincial charter until the restoration of a national legislature in 1978 following a shift to a parliamentary form of government. However, in the national parliament known as the

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, provincial district representation was replaced by regional representation, with Quirino having been included in the eight-seat Region II's at-large assembly district. The province only elected its first representative following the

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which restored the province, city or district representation in parliament. The district was re-created on February 2, 1987 following the ratification of the

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that restored the House of Representatives. The district is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Midy Cua, who ran as a member of

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in the 2022 general elections but took her oath as member of

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before the opening of the said legislative period.

Representation history

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