Cebu's 5th congressional district Legislative district of the Philippines
Cebu's 5th congressional district Boundary of Cebu's 5th congressional district in
Cebu Province Cebu Region Central Visayas Population 643,946 (2020)[ 1] Electorate 397,223 (2022)[ 2] Major settlements Area 877.67 km2 (338.87 sq mi) Created 1907 Representative Vincent Franco D. Frasco Political party NUP Congressional bloc Majority
Cebu's 5th congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Cebu . It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916.[ 3] The district consists of the city of Danao and adjacent municipalities in the northeast and the Camotes Islands : Borbon , Carmen , Catmon , Compostela , Liloan , Pilar , Poro , San Francisco , Sogod and Tudela . It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Vincent Franco D. Frasco of the National Unity Party (NUP).[ 4]
Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, it consisted of the southern municipalities of Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan , and Santander .
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District created January 9, 1907.[ 5] [ 6]
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Troadio Galicano
October 16, 1907
October 16, 1912
1st
Nacionalista
Elected in 1907 .
1907–1916 Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan
2nd
Re-elected in 1909 .
2
Mariano Jesús Cuenco
October 16, 1912
October 16, 1916
3rd
Nacionalista
Elected in 1912 .
Cebu's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
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Mariano Jesús Cuenco
October 16, 1916
June 5, 1928
4th
Nacionalista
Re-elected in 1916 .
1916–1919 Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan
5th
Re-elected in 1919 .
1919–1935 Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan , Santander
6th
Nacionalista Unipersonalista
Re-elected in 1922 .
7th
Nacionalista Consolidado
Re-elected in 1925 .
3
Tomás N. Alonso
June 5, 1928
June 2, 1931
8th
Nacionalista Consolidado
Elected in 1928 .
4
Miguel Cuenco
June 2, 1931
September 16, 1935
9th
Nacionalista Consolidado
Elected in 1931 .
10th
Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia
Re-elected in 1934 .
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Miguel Cuenco
September 16, 1935
December 30, 1941
1st
Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia
Re-elected in 1935 .
1935–1941 Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan , Santander
2nd
Nacionalista
Re-elected in 1938 .
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) .
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District re-created May 24, 1945.
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Miguel Cuenco
June 9, 1945
May 25, 1946
1st
Nacionalista
Re-elected in 1941 .
1945–1946 Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan , Santander
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Leandro Tojong
May 25, 1946
December 30, 1949
1st
Liberal
Elected in 1946 .
1946–1972 Alcantara , Alegria , Badian , Boljoon , Ginatilan , Malabuyoc , Moalboal , Oslob , Samboan , Santander
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Miguel Cuenco
December 30, 1949
December 30, 1965
2nd
Nacionalista
Elected in 1949 .
3rd
Re-elected in 1953 .
4th
Re-elected in 1957 .
5th
Re-elected in 1961 .
6
Antonio Cuenco
December 30, 1965
December 30, 1969
6th
Liberal
Elected in 1965 .
7
Emerito S. Calderón
December 30, 1969
September 23, 1972
7th
Nacionalista
Elected in 1969 . Removed from office after imposition of martial law .
District dissolved into the thirteen-seat Region VII 's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa , followed by the six-seat Cebu's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa .
District re-created February 2, 1987.
8
Ramon D. Durano III
June 30, 1987
June 30, 1998
8th
PDP–Laban
Elected in 1987 .
1987–present Borbon , Carmen , Catmon , Compostela , Danao , Liloan , Pilar , Poro , San Francisco , Sogod , Tudela
9th
NPC
Re-elected in 1992 .
10th
Lakas
Re-elected in 1995 .
9
Ace Durano
June 30, 1998
August 19, 2004
11th
NPC
Elected in 1998 .
12th
Re-elected in 2001 .
13th
Re-elected in 2004 . Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Tourism .
10
Ramon Durano VI
June 9, 2005
June 30, 2013
NPC
Elected in 2005 to finish his brother's term .
14th
Re-elected in 2007 .
15th
Re-elected in 2010 .
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Ace Durano
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2016
16th
Liberal
Elected in 2013 .
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Ramon Durano VI
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2019
17th
NPC
Elected in 2016 .
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Vincent Franco D. Frasco
June 30, 2019
Incumbent
18th
Lakas
Elected in 2019 .
19th
NUP
Re-elected in 2022 .
Election results
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2016
2013
2010
2005 special
See also
References
^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region . Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved July 8, 2021 .
^ "Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections" . Commission on Elections . Retrieved July 12, 2023 .
^ "Roster of Philippine legislators" . House of Representatives of the Philippines . Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
^ "House Members" . House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
^ "Act No. 1582, (1907-01-09)" . Lawyerly. Retrieved February 20, 2021 .
^ 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 April 27, 2020 .