Legislative district of Abra

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The Legislative District of Abra is the current representation of the province of Abra in the Philippine House of Representatives.

Abra was initially represented as part of the third district of Ilocos Sur in 1907, after its annexation as a sub-province of the latter. Upon its re-establishment as a regular province on March 10, 1917 through Act No. 2711, Abra was granted its separate representation, and elected its first representative in 1919.

The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984, and elected one representative to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Abra retained its lone congressional district under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987, and elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

Lone District

• Population (2007): 230,953

Period	Representative
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 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Cecilia S. Seares-Luna
15th Congress 2010–2013	Ma. Jocelyn V. Bernos

^1 Assassinated during incumbency December 16, 2006.

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Juan Brillantes
	Quintin Paredes, Jr.

See also

• Legislative districts of Ilocos Sur

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library