# 1st National Assembly of the Philippines

The 1st National Assembly of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Asambleyang Pambansa ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from November 25, 1935 until August 15, 1938, during the first three years of Manuel L. Quezon's presidency.

## Sessions

* First Special Session: November 25 – December 21, 1935
* First Regular Session: June 16 – October 9, 1936
* Second Special Session: August 28 – September 8, 1937
* Third Special Session: September 9, 1937
* Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1938
* Fourth Special Session: May 23 – 24, 1938
* Fifth Special Session: July 25 – August 15, 1938

## Legislation

The First National Assembly passed a total of 415 laws: Commonwealth Act Nos. 1 to 415.

### Major legislation

* Commonwealth Act No. 1 – The National Defense Act of 1935
* Commonwealth Act No. 2 – Creation of the National Economic Council
* Commonwealth Act No. 3 – Reorganization of the Supreme Court and the Creation of the Court of Appeals
* Commonwealth Act No. 5 – Reorganization of the Executive Departments and the Creation of the Budget Commission
* Commonwealth Act No. 7 – Creation of the National Loan and Investment Board
* Commonwealth Act No. 20 – Agrarian Reform Act of 1936
* Commonwealth Act No. 34 – Setting the Date of April 30, 1937, for the Plebiscite of the Constitutional Amendments pertaining to Women's Suffrage
* Commonwealth Act No. 39 – Charter of the City of Zamboanga
* Commonwealth Act No. 51 – Charter of the City of Davao
* Commonwealth Act No. 58 – Charter of the City of Cebu
* Commonwealth Act No. 85 – Amendment to the Provincial and Municipal Appropriations Act
* Commonwealth Act No. 103 – Creation of the Court of Industrial Relations
* Commonwealth Act No. 104 – Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to Promulgate and Enforce Regulations and the Establishment of Safety Standards for Laborers and Employees working in Quarries and Mines
* Commonwealth Act No. 118 – The Philippine Livestock Promotion Fund Act of 1936
* Commonwealth Act No. 120 – The National Power Corporation Act of 1936
* Commonwealth Act No. 177 – Extension of the Civil Service Commission
* Commonwealth Act No. 184 – Creation of the Institute of National Language
* Commonwealth Act No. 186 – Creation of the Government Insurance Service System
* Commonwealth Act No. 192 – Creation of the National Produce Exchange
* Commonwealth Act No. 238 – Abolition of the Cedula or Poll Tax
* Commonwealth Act No. 234 – Appropriations for Primary Education
* Commonwealth Act No. 240 – Appropriations for New Elementary School Buildings
* Commonwealth Act No. 242 – Compensation for Lost Cedula Revenues
* Commonwealth Act No. 246 – General Appropriations Act of 1936
* Commonwealth Act No. 328 – Charter of the City of Bacolod
* Commonwealth Act No. 343 – Abolition of the State Force Police and the Re-Creation of the Philippine Constabulary
* Commonwealth Act No. 381 – Creating A Level of Three Years of Immediate Education for Children and its Appropriations

## Leadership

* Speaker: Gil Montilla (Negros Occidental–3rd, Nacionalista Democratico)
* Speaker pro tempore: Jose Zulueta (Iloilo–1st, Nacionalista Democratico)
* Floor Leader: Jose E. Romero (Negros Oriental–2nd, Nacionalista Democratico)

## Members

| Province/City | District | Member | Party |
| Abra | Lone | Quintin Paredes | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Abra | Lone | Agapito Garduque | Nacionalista |
| Agusan | Lone | Apolonio D. Curato | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Albay | 1st | Jose Bonto | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Albay | 2nd | Justino N. Nuyda | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Albay | 3rd | Pedro Sabido | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Albay | 4th | Pedro Vera | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Antique | Lone | Calixto Zaldivar | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Bataan | Lone | Teodoro Camacho | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Batanes | Lone | Vicente Agan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Batangas | 1st | Natalio Lopez | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Batangas | 1st | Miguel Tolentino | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Batangas | 2nd | Eusebio Orense | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Batangas | 3rd | Maximo M. Kalaw | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Bohol | 1st | Juan Torralba | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Bohol | 2nd | Olegario B. Clarin | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Bohol | 3rd | Margarito E. Revilles | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Bukidnon | Lone | Manuel Fortich | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Bulacan | 1st | Nicolas Buendia | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Antonio Villarama | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Cagayan | 1st | Marcelo Adduru | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Regino Veridiano | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Cayetano Lukban | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Froilan Pimentel | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Francisco Celebrado | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Luis N. de Leon | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Jose Fuentebella | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Capiz | 1st | Manuel Roxas | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Capiz | 2nd | Jose A. Dorado | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Capiz | 3rd | Rafael S. Tumbokon | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cavite | Lone | Justiniano Montano | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Cebu | 1st | Celestino Rodriguez | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cebu | 2nd | Hilario Abellana | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cebu | 3rd | Agustin Kintanar | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Cebu | 4th | Vicente Rama | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Cebu | 5th | Miguel Cuenco | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cebu | 6th | Nicolas Rafols | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cebu | 7th | Buenaventura Rodriguez | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Cotabato | Lone | Datu Sinsuat Balabaran | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Davao | Lone | Romualdo Quimpo | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Vicente T. Lazo | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Julio Nalundasan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Ulpiano H. Arzadon | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Ilocos Sur | 1st | Benito Soliven | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Ilocos Sur | 2nd | Sixto Brillantes | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Iloilo | 1st | Jose Zulueta | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Iloilo | 2nd | Ruperto Montinola | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Tomas Confesor | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Iloilo | 4th | Tomas Buenaflor | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Iloilo | 5th | Victoriano M. Salcedo | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Isabela | Lone | Mauro Verzosa | Nacionalista Democratico |
| La Union | 1st | Camilo Osias | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| La Union | 2nd | Agaton R. Yaranon | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Laguna | 1st | Tomas Dizon | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Laguna | 2nd | Arsenio Bonifacio | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Lanao | Lone | Tomas Cabili | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Leyte | 1st | Carlos Tan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Leyte | 2nd | Dominador M. Tan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Leyte | 3rd | Tomas Oppus | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Leyte | 4th | Francisco Enage | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Leyte | 4th | Norberto Romualdez | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 5th | Ruperto Kapunan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Manila | 1st | Gregorio Perfecto | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Manila | 2nd | Pedro Gil | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Marinduque | Lone | Cecilio A. Maneja | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Marinduque | Lone | Jose A. Uy | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Masbate | Lone | Pio V. Corpus | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Mindoro | Lone | Juan L. Luna | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | Jose Ozamiz | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Misamis Oriental | Lone | Leon Borromeo | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Mountain Province | 1st | Saturnino Moldero | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Felipe E. Jose | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Mountain Province | 3rd | George K. Tait | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Enrique Magalona | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Pedro Hernaez | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Gil Montilla | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Guillermo Z. Villanueva | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Jose E. Romero | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Manuel A. Alzate | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Felipe Buencamino Jr. | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Bernardo L. Buenafe | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Palawan | Lone | Claudio R. Sandoval | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Pampanga | 1st | Eligio G. Lagman | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Jose P. Fausto | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Anacleto B. Ramos | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Eugenio Perez | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Daniel Maramba | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Nicomedes T. Rupisan | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Narciso Ramos | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Rizal | 1st | Pedro Magsalin | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Rizal | 2nd | Emilio de la Paz | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Romblon | Lone | Gabriel Fabella | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Samar | 1st | Tiburcio Tancinco | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Samar | 2nd | Serafin S. Marabut | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Samar | 2nd | Pascual B. Azanza | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Samar | 3rd | Juan L. Bocar | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Norberto Roque | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Tomas Clemente | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Sulu | Lone | Ombra Amilbangsa | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Surigao | Lone | Ricardo Navarro | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Tarlac | 1st | Jose Cojuangco | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Benigno Aquino Sr. | Nacionalista Democrata Pro-Independencia |
| Tayabas | 1st | Jose A. Angara | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Tayabas | 2nd | Francisco Lavides | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Zambales | Lone | Potenciano Lesaca | Nacionalista Democratico |
| Zamboanga | Lone | Juan S. Alano | Nacionalista Democratico |