Quezon's 1st congressional district | |
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Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
Province | Quezon |
Region | Calabarzon |
Population | 573,895 (2020)[1] |
Electorate | 365,650 (2022)[2] |
Major settlements | |
Area | 4,178.81 km2 (1,613.45 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1907 |
Representative | Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga |
Political party | NPC |
Congressional bloc | Majority |
Quezon's 1st congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Quezon, formerly Tayabas. 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 Tayabas and adjacent municipalities of Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real and Sampaloc. It also included the municipalities of Candelaria, Dolores, Lucena, San Antonio, Sariaya, and Tiaong, and the then-sub-province of Aurora until 1972[4][5][6] and the municipality of Laguimanoc (now Padre Burgos) from 1917 to 1922. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).[7]
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