Legislative district of Baguio City

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The Legislative District of Baguio City is the current representation of the highly urbanized city of Baguio in the Philippine House of Representatives.

Starting 1916 the undivided Mountain Province and the city of Baguio were given representation in the Philippine Legislature. However, their three delegates were appointed by the Governor-General rather than elected by popular vote. The Mountain Province and Baguio City only began electing their representatives in 1935 by virtue of Act No. 4203, which also provided the territorial coverage for each representative district. Before 1969 the city of Baguio was represented as part of the Mountain Province's second district, except in the wartime Japanese-sponsored National Assembly from 1943 to 1944, when the city of Baguio was represented by two delegates.

The chartered city of Baguio and the sub-province of Benguet were represented as part of the second district of the Mountain Province until 1969, following the old province's division on June 18, 1966 through Republic Act No. 4695. From 1969 to 1972 Benguet and Baguio City together elected one representative.

Baguio was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984. The city was granted its separate representation in the Regular Batasan after being classified a highly urbanized city on December 22, 1979 through Batas Pambansa Blg. 51. Baguio was re-grouped with Benguet for representation in the restored House of Representatives and was designated as that province's first congressional district under the new Constitution which took effect on February 7, 1987. After the renaming of Benguet's districts, the city once again elected a representative under its own name starting 1995.

Lone District

• Population (2007): 301,926

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Honorato Y. Aquino
10th Congress 1995–1998	Bernardo M. Vergara
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Mauricio G. Domogan
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Bernardo M. Vergara

At-large (defunct)

Period	Representatives
National Assembly 1943–1944	Florendo Aquino
	Nicasio S. Valderrosa

See also

• Legislative districts of Mountain Province
• Legislative districts of Benguet

References

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library