1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention election

Election of delegates to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention was held on July 10, 1934, in accordance with the Tydings–McDuffie Act.

The Convention drafted the 1935 Constitution, which was the basic law of the Philippines under the American-sponsored Commonwealth of the Philippines and the post-War, sovereign Third Republic.

Results

Constitutional Convention of 1934

Leadership

• President: Claro M. Recto (Batangas–3rd)
• First Vice-President: Ruperto Montinola (Iloilo–2nd)
• Second Vice-President: Teodoro Sandiko (Bulacan–1st)

Members

Committees

The Constitutional Convention of 1934 had 47 committees:

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• Philippine Constitution

References

External links

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Full text of the 1935 Philippine Constitution
• Journals of the Constitutional Convention of 1934