Legislative district of Abra

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The lone Congressional District of Abra is the representation of the Province of Abra in the Philippine House of Representatives. It was established in 1919, after Abra was reestablished as a province on March 9, 1917. From 1907 until its reestablishment in 1919, it was part of the representation of Ilocos Sur. During the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984 it was part of the representation of Region I.

[edit] Lone District

• Population (2000): 209,491

Period	Representative/Assemblyman
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Eustaquio Purugganan
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Adolfo Brillantes
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Quintín Paredes
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Agapito Garduque
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Quintín Paredes
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Jesus Paredes
1st Congress 1946–1949	Quintín Paredes
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Virgilio Valera
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Lucas P. Paredes
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969	Carmelo Z. Barbero
7th Congress 1969–1972
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Arturo V. Barbero
8th Congress 1987–1992	Rudolfo A. Bernardez
9th Congress 1992–1995	Jeremias Z. Zapata
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Vicente Ysidro P. Valera
12th Congress 2001–2004	Luis P. Bersamin, Jr.[1]
13th Congress 2004–present

1. ^  Assassinated during incumbency December 16, 2006.

[edit] See also

• Legislative districts of Ilocos Sur

[edit] Reference

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library