Cebu's 5th 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 city of Danao and adjacent municipalities in the northeast and the Camotes Islands: Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Compostela, Liloan, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod and Tudela. It is currently represented in the 20th Congress by Vincent Franco D. Frasco of the One Cebu (1CEBU).
Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, it consisted of the southern municipalities of Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan, and Santander.
Representation history # Image Member Term of office Legislature Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 5th district for the Philippine Assembly District created January 9, 1907. 1 Troadio Galicano October 16, 1907 October 16, 1912 1st Nacionalista Elected in 1907. 1907–1916Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan 2nd Re-elected in 1909. 2 Mariano Jesús Cuenco October 16, 1912 October 16, 1916 3rd Nacionalista Elected in 1912.Cebu's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands (2) Mariano Jesús Cuenco October 16, 1916 June 5, 1928 4th Nacionalista Re-elected in 1916. 1916–1919Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan 5th Re-elected in 1919. 1919–1935Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan, Santander 6th NacionalistaUnipersonalista Re-elected in 1922. 7th NacionalistaConsolidado Re-elected in 1925. 3 Tomás N. Alonso June 5, 1928 June 2, 1931 8th NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1928. 4 Miguel Cuenco June 2, 1931 September 16, 1935 9th NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1931. 10th NacionalistaDemócrata Pro-Independencia Re-elected in 1934. # Image Member Term of office NationalAssembly Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 5th district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) (4) Miguel Cuenco September 16, 1935 December 30, 1941 1st NacionalistaDemócrata Pro-Independencia Re-elected in 1935. 1935–1941Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan, Santander 2nd Nacionalista Re-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 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (4) Miguel Cuenco June 9, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Nacionalista Re-elected in 1941. 1945–1946Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan, Santander # Image Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history ConstituentLGUsStartEndCebu's 5th district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines 5 Leandro Tojong May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Liberal Elected in 1946. 1946–1972Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Boljoon, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Samboan, Santander (4) Miguel Cuenco December 30, 1949 December 30, 1965 2nd Nacionalista Elected in 1949. 3rd Re-elected in 1953. 4th Re-elected in 1957. 5th Re-elected in 1961. 6 Antonio Cuenco December 30, 1965 December 30, 1969 6th Liberal Elected in 1965. 7 Emerito S. Calderón 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. 8 Ramon D. Durano III June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th Independent Elected in 1987. 1987–presentBorbon, Carmen, Catmon, Compostela, Danao, Liloan, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tudela Nacionalista 9th LDP Re-elected in 1992. 10th Lakas Re-elected in 1995. 9 Ace Durano June 30, 1998 August 19, 2004 11th Lakas Elected in 1998. 12th PROMDI(BAKUD) Re-elected in 2001. 13th Lakas(BAKUD) Re-elected in 2004.Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Tourism. 10 Ramon Durano VI June 9, 2005 June 30, 2013 NPC(BAKUD) Elected in 2005 to finish his brother's term. 14th Re-elected in 2007. 15th Re-elected in 2010. (9) Ace Durano June 30, 2013 June 30, 2016 16th Liberal(BAKUD) Elected in 2013. NPC(BAKUD) (10) Ramon Durano VI June 30, 2016 June 30, 2019 17th NPC(BAKUD) Elected in 2016. 11 Vincent Franco D. Frasco June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th Lakas(1CEBU) Elected in 2019. 19th NUP(1CEBU) Re-elected in 2022. 20th 1CEBU Re-elected in 2025.
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See also Legislative districts of Cebu
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