Ambos Camarines's 1st congressional district

Ambos Camarines's 1st congressional district is a defunct congressional district that encompassed the northern and western portions of the former province of Ambos Camarines. It was represented in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916 and in the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from 1916 to 1919.^[1] The Spanish colonial province of Ambos Camarines was reorganized under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands on April 27, 1901 and was divided into three districts.^[2][3] Tomás Arejola, who was a former member of the Malolos Congress for Ambos Camarines's at-large district in 1898, was elected as this district's first representative in 1907. Following its repartition into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur on March 3, 1919, the district was abolished with its northern territory having been absorbed by Camarines Norte's at-large congressional district.^[4]

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
			Start	End
Ambos Camarines's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[3][5]
1		Tomás Arejola	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1912	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1909 Capalonga, Daet, Gainza, Indan, Labo, Libmanan, Lupi, Mambulao, Milaor, Minalabac, Pamplona, Paracale, Pasacao, Ragay, San Fernando, Sipocot
					2nd		Re-elected in 1909.	1909–1916 Basud, Capalonga, Daet, Gainza, Indan, Labo, Libmanan, Lupi, Mambulao, Milaor, Minalabac, Pamplona, Paracale, Pasacao, Ragay, San Fernando, Sipocot, Talisay
2		Silverio D. Cecilio	October 16, 1912	October 16, 1916	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1912.
Ambos Camarines's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
3		Gonzalo S. Escalante	October 16, 1916	June 3, 1919	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1919 Basud, Cabusao, Capalonga, Daet, Gainza, Indan, Labo, Libmanan, Lupi, Mambulao, Milaor, Minalabac, Pamplona, Paracale, Pasacao, Ragay, San Fernando, Sipocot, Talisay
District dissolved into Camarines Norte's at-large and Camarines Sur's 1st districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Camarines Norte
• Legislative districts of Camarines Sur

References

1. "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
2. "Act No. 123, (1901-04-27)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
3. "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
4. "Act No. 2809, (1919-03-03)". Lawyerly. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
5. Division of Insular Affairs (1908). Eighth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. Vol. 253. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department. p. 49. Retrieved February 15, 2021.