Cebu's 1st 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. The district consists of the cities of Carcar, Naga and Talisay and the municipalities of Minglanilla, San Fernando and Sibonga. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Rhea Gullas of the National Unity Party (NUP) and One Cebu (1CEBU).

Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the district encompassed the northeastern municipalities of Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, and Tudela, and the city of Danao.

Representation history # Image Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 1st district for the Philippine Assembly District created January 9, 1907. 1 Celestino Rodriguez October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1909Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela 2nd Re-elected in 1909. 1909–1916Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela 2 Gervasio Padilla October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1912.Cebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands 3 José Hernaez October 16, 1916 June 3, 1919 4th Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 1916–1922Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela 4 Manuel Briones June 3, 1919 June 2, 1931 5th Nacionalista Elected in 1919. 6th NacionalistaUnipersonalista Re-elected in 1922. 1922–1935Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela 7th NacionalistaConsolidado Re-elected in 1925. 8th Re-elected in 1928. 5 Buenaventura Rodriguez June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 9th NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1931. 6 Tereso Dosdos June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th NacionalistaDemocrático Elected in 1934. # Image Member Term of office NationalAssembly Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 1st district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) (1) Celestino Rodriguez September 16, 1935 December 30, 1938 1st NacionalistaDemócrata Pro-Independencia Elected in 1935. 1935–1941Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela (6) Tereso Dosdos 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 CommonwealthCongress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (1) Celestino Rodriguez June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1941. 1945–1946Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela # Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines 7 Jovenal Almendras May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1946. 1946–1972Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, Tudela 8 Ramón M. Durano December 30, 1949 September 23, 1972 2nd Liberal Elected in 1949. 3rd Democratic Re-elected in 1953. 4th Nacionalista Re-elected in 1957. 5th Re-elected in 1961. 6th Re-elected in 1965. 7th Re-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 Antonio T. Bacaltos June 30, 1987 June 30, 1992 8th LABAN (Panaghiusa) Elected in 1987. 1987–presentCarcar, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Sibonga, Talisay 10 Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 1992 June 30, 2001 9th NPC(Alayon) Elected in 1992. 10th Lakas(Alayon) Re-elected in 1995. 11th PROMDI(Alayon) Re-elected in 1998. 11 Jose R. Gullas June 30, 2001 June 30, 2004 12th NPC(Alayon) Elected in 2001. (10) Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 2004 June 30, 2013 13th Nacionalista(Alayon) Elected in 2004. 14th Re-elected in 2007. 15th Re-elected in 2010. 12 Gerald Anthony V. Gullas Jr. June 30, 2013 June 30, 2019 16th Nacionalista(Alayon) Elected in 2013. 17th Re-elected in 2016. (10) Eduardo R. Gullas June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 18th Nacionalista Elected in 2019. 13 Rhea Mae A. Gullas June 30, 2022 Incumbent 19th Nacionalista Elected in 2022. 20th Lakas Re-elected in 2025. NUP

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See also Legislative districts of Cebu

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