2711) enacted on March 10, 1917, the non-Christian-majority areas of the Philippines, which then included the Mountain Province and Baguio, were to be collectively represented in the legislature's upper house by two senators from the 12th senatorial district, both appointed by the Governor-General.
[1] Three assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the Mountain Province and the chartered city of Baguio in the lower house as a single at-large district.
[1] The residents of Baguio and the Mountain Province only began electing representatives through popular vote in 1935 by virtue of Act No.
Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the city reverted to its pre-war representation with the sub-province of Benguet as part of the undivided Mountain Province's second district.
51,[4] Baguio was granted separate representation in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, returning one representative, elected at-large in 1984.