Las Piñas's at-large congressional district

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'''Las Piñas's at-large congressional district''' is the sole [[congressional district of the Philippines]] in the city of [[Las Piñas]]. It has been represented in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] since 1998.<ref name="congleg">{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=[[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}</ref> Las Piñas first elected a single representative city-wide [[at-large]] for the [[11th Congress of the Philippines|11th Congress]] following its conversion into a highly urbanised city through Republic Act No. 8251 on February 12, 1997.<ref name="apportion">{{cite web|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l11c8 |title=Republic Act No. 8251 |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}</ref> Before 1997, its territory was represented as part of [[Las Piñas–Muntinlupa's at-large congressional district|Las Piñas–Muntinlupa]], [[Las Piñas–Parañaque's at-large congressional district|Las Piñas–Parañaque]] and [[Rizal's 1st congressional district|Rizal's 1st]] and [[Rizal's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district, and [[Manila's at-large congressional district|Manila's at-large]] district. It is currently represented in the [[20th Congress of the Philippines|20th Congress]] by [[Mark Anthony Santos]] of the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] (LP).<ref name="congmem">{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/ |title=House Members |publisher=[[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 1, 2023}}</ref>
'''Las Piñas's at-large congressional district''' is the sole [[congressional district of the Philippines]] in the city of [[Las Piñas]]. It has been represented in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] since 1998.<ref name="congleg">{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=[[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}</ref> Las Piñas first elected a single representative city-wide [[at-large]] for the [[11th Congress of the Philippines|11th Congress]] following its conversion into a highly urbanised city through Republic Act No. 8251 on February 12, 1997.<ref name="apportion">{{cite web|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l11c8 |title=Republic Act No. 8251 |publisher=Lawyerly |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}</ref> Before 1997, its territory was represented as part of [[Las Piñas–Muntinlupa's at-large congressional district|Las Piñas–Muntinlupa]], [[Las Piñas–Parañaque's at-large congressional district|Las Piñas–Parañaque]] and [[Rizal's 1st congressional district|Rizal's 1st]] and [[Rizal's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district, and [[Manila's at-large congressional district|Manila's at-large]] district. It is currently represented in the [[20th Congress of the Philippines|20th Congress]] by [[Mark Anthony Santos]] ([[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref name="congmem">{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/ |title=House Members |publisher=[[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 1, 2023}}</ref>


==Representation history==
==Representation history==
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