Cebu's 3rd congressional district

Cebu's 3rd 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 Toledo and adjacent western municipalities of Aloguinsan, Asturias, Balamban, Barili, Pinamungajan and Tuburan since 1987. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Pablo John Garcia of the National Unity Party (NUP) and One Cebu (1-Cebu).^[4]

Cebu's 3rd congressional district
Constituency for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Boundary of Cebu's 3rd congressional district in Cebu
Location of Cebu within the Philippines
Province	Cebu
Region	Central Visayas
Population	616,326 (2020)[1]
Electorate	383,749 (2022)[2]
Major settlements	7 LGUs Cities Toledo Municipalities Aloguinsan Asturias Balamban Barili Pinamungajan Tuburan
Area	1,258.08 km2 (485.75 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1907
Representative	Pablo John Garcia
Political party	NUP
Congressional bloc	Majority

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, it consisted of the city of Talisay and the east-central municipalities of Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, and San Fernando.

Representation history

#	Image		Member	Term of office		Legislature	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 3rd district for the Philippine Assembly
District created January 9, 1907.[5][6]
1			Filemón Sotto	October 16, 1907	October 16, 1916	1st	Nacionalista	Elected in 1907.	1907–1916 Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Talisay
						2nd		Re-elected in 1909.
						3rd		Re-elected in 1912.
Cebu's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
2			Vicente Urgello	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	4th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.	1916–1935 Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Talisay
						5th		Re-elected in 1919.
3			Vicente Rama	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	6th	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.
						7th		Re-elected in 1925.
4			Maximino Noel	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	8th	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1928.
						9th		Re-elected in 1931.
(3)			Vicente Rama	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	10th	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.
#	Image		Member	Term of office		National Assembly	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 3rd district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
5			Agustín Kintanar	September 16, 1935	December 30, 1938	1st	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1935.	1935–1941 Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Talisay
(4)			Maximino Noel	December 30, 1938	December 30, 1941	2nd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1938.
District dissolved into the two-seat Cebu's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic).
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Common wealth Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
District re-created May 24, 1945.
(4)			Maximino Noel	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1941.	1945–1946 Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Talisay
#	Image		Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
				Start	End
Cebu's 3rd district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
(4)			Maximino Noel	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	1st	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1946.	1946–1972 Carcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Talisay
6			Primitivo Sato	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	2nd	Liberal	Elected in 1949.
(4)			Maximino Noel	December 30, 1953	December 30, 1965	3rd	Nacionalista	Elected in 1953.
						4th		Re-elected in 1957.
						5th		Re-elected in 1961.
7			Ernesto H. Bascón	December 30, 1965	December 30, 1969	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
8			Eduardo Gullas	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.
9			Pablo P. Garcia	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1995	8th	LDP	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Aloguinsan, Asturias, Balamban, Barili, Pinamungajan, Toledo, Tuburan
						9th		Re-elected in 1992.
10			John Henry Osmeña	June 30, 1995	June 30, 1998	10th	NPC	Elected in 1995.
11			Antonio P. Yapha Jr.	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	NPC (Alayon)	Elected in 1998.
						12th		Re-elected in 2001.
						13th		Re-elected in 2004.
12			Pablo John Garcia	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2013	14th	Lakas (One Cebu)	Elected in 2007.
						15th	NUP (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2010.
13			Gwendolyn Garcia	June 30, 2013	June 30, 2019	16th	UNA (One Cebu)	Elected in 2013.
						17th	PDP–Laban (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2016.
(12)			Pablo John Garcia	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	PDP–Laban (One Cebu)	Elected in 2019.
						19th	NUP (One Cebu)	Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NUP	Pablo John Garcia	201,530	100.00
Total votes			201,530	100.00
	NUP hold

2019

2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Pablo John Garcia	128,878	51.68
	Independent	John Henry Osmeña	77,068	30.90
	NPC	Geraldine Yapha	43,416	17.41
Total votes			249,362	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2016

2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Gwendolyn Garcia	139,923	62.20
	Liberal	Grecilda Sanchez-Zaballero	82,830	36.82
	Independent	Teodoro Osorio	2,206	0.98
Total votes			224,959	100.00
	UNA hold

2013

2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Gwendolyn Garcia	94,305	42.71
	Liberal	Geraldine Yapha	89,952	40.74
Valid ballots			184,257	83.44
Invalid or blank votes			36,560	16.56
Total votes			220,817	100.00
	UNA gain from NUP

2010

2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Pablo John Garcia	127,730	55.09
	Liberal	Antonio Yapha	79,604	34.34
Valid ballots			207,334	89.43
Invalid or blank votes			24,496	10.57
Total votes			231,830	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

See also

• Legislative districts of Cebu