# Davao's at-large congressional district

Davao's at-large congressional district may refer to several occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from the undivided province of Davao.
The Spanish colonial district of Davao, formerly the province of Nueva Guipúzcoa, was represented in the Malolos Congress following its reorganization in 1898 for the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic. Two representatives from Luzon were appointed by the assembly to represent the province, namely León María Guerrero from Manila and Ceferino Pantoja from Nueva Vizcaya. After the fall of the First Republic, the province was abolished with its territory reverted to a district annexed to Moro Province under U.S. civilian rule in 1903. Moro Province was unrepresented in the Philippine Assembly.
Provincial government was re-established in Davao in 1914 but was not entitled to its own representation in the national legislature. Instead, it remained a part of the larger constituency of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu under the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes whose representatives were appointed by the Governor General beginning in 1916. In 1934 following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, Davao elected its own delegate for the first time to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention which was charged with the drafting of a new constitution for the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The province then began to send a representative to the Commonwealth National Assembly from its single-member at-large district created under the 1935 constitution.
Davao was also represented in the Second Republic National Assembly during the Pacific War. It also elected a representative to the restored House of Representatives and to the first six congresses under the Third Philippine Republic. After the 1967 division of Davao, the district was abolished and replaced by Davao del Norte's, Davao del Sur's and Davao Oriental's at-large districts.

## Representation history

| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history |
| Davao's at-large district for the Malolos Congress ||||||||||||||||
| District created June 18, 1898. ||||||||||||||||
| – | September 15, 1898 | March 23, 1901 | 1st | | | León María Guerrero | Independent | Appointed. | | | | Ceferino Pantoja | Independent | Appointed. |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| 1 | September 16, 1935 | December 30, 1938 | 1st | | | Romualdo C. Quimpo | Nacionalista Democrático | Elected in 1935. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 2 | December 30, 1938 | December 30, 1941 | 2nd | | | César M. Sotto | Nacionalista | Elected in 1938. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | National Assembly | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | Seat A | | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B | Seat B |
| # | Start | End | National Assembly | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history |
| Davao's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) ||||||||||||||||
| District re-created September 7, 1943. ||||||||||||||||
| – | September 25, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | 1st | | | Juan A. Sarenas | KALIBAPI | Elected in 1943. | | | | Romualdo C. Quimpo | KALIBAPI | Appointed as an ex officio member. |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Common wealth Congress | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Common wealth Congress | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| 3 | June 9, 1945 | May 25, 1946 | 1st | | | Juan A. Sarenas | Nacionalista | Elected in 1941. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Term of office | Term of office | Congress | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | Single seat | | | | | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| # | Start | End | Congress | Image | Image | Member | Party | Electoral history | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||
| 4 | May 25, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | 1st | | | Apolinario Cabigon | Nacionalista | Elected in 1946. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 5 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1957 | 2nd | | | Ismael L. Veloso | Nacionalista | Elected in 1949. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 5 | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1957 | 3rd | | | Ismael L. Veloso | Nacionalista | Re-elected in 1953. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 6 | December 30, 1957 | December 30, 1961 | 4th | | | Gavino R. Sepulveda | Liberal | Elected in 1957. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| (5) | December 30, 1961 | December 30, 1965 | 5th | | | Ismael L. Veloso | Nacionalista | Elected in 1961. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| 7 | December 30, 1965 | January 22, 1968 | 6th | | | Lorenzo S. Sarmiento | Liberal | Elected in 1965. Redistricted to Davao del Norte's at-large district. | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated | Seats eliminated |
| Seats eliminated ||||||||||