Legislative districts of Samar

The legislative districts of Samar are the representations of the province of Samar in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.

History

The former province of Samar was divided into three legislative districts from 1907 until 1965.

Its division into three different provinces was only approved in a plebiscite held together with the general elections on November 19, 1965, as mandated by Republic Act No. 4221[1], which meant that voters still elected representatives under the old district configuration. After the ratification of RA 4221 the representatives of the second and third districts automatically served as the representatives of the lone districts of Western Samar and Eastern Samar, respectively, while the representative of the first district only served until 1967, when special elections were held to determine the new representative for Northern Samar. In 1969 Western Samar was renamed, and it is just this portion of the original undivided province that now assumes the title Samar.

Samar was part of the representation of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 2 assemblymen at-large. In 1986 it was redistricted into two legislative districts.

1st District

1st District of Samar
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Jose A. Roño
9th Congress
19921995
Rodolfo T. Tuazon
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
12th Congress
20012004
Reynaldo S. Uy
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
15th Congress
20102013
Mel Senen S. Sarmiento[lower-alpha 1]
16th Congress
20132016
vacant[lower-alpha 2]
17th Congress
20162019
Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento
18th Congress
20192022

Notes

  1. Appointed Secretary of Interior and Local Government on September 11, 2015.
  2. Quezon's 4th Distrct Representative and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte served as legislative caretaker of the district for the remaining term of the 16th Congress.[3]

1907–1969

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Honorio Rosales
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Vicente M. Obieta
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Tomas Gomez
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Pedro K. Mendiola
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Jose D. Avelino
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Tiburcio Tancinco
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
Antolin D. Tan
1st National Assembly
19351938
Tiburcio Tancinco
2nd National Assembly
19381941
Agripino Escareal
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Decoroso Rosales
1st Congress
19461949
Agripino Escareal
2nd Congress
19491953
3rd Congress
19531957
Gregorio B. Tan[lower-alpha 1]
4th Congress
19571961
Eladio T. Balite[lower-alpha 2]
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
see Lone District of Northern Samar

Notes

  1. Died in office, November 4, 1956.
  2. Died in office, August 24, 1967.

2nd District

2nd District of Samar
Period Representative
8th Congress
19871992
Venancio T. Garduce
9th Congress
19921995
Catalino V. Figueroa
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
Catalino V. Figueroa
14th Congress
20072010
Sharee Ann T. Tan
15th Congress
20102013
Milagrosa T. Tan
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Sharee Ann T. Tan

1907–1969

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Luciano Sinko
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Benito Azanza
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Jose Sabarre
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Pastor Salazar
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Pascual B. Azanza
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Serafin Marabut
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
2nd National Assembly
19381941
Pascual B. Azanza
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
vacant[lower-alpha 1]
1st Congress
19461949
Tito V. Tizon
2nd Congress
19491953
3rd Congress
19531957
Marciano Lim
4th Congress
19571961
Valeriano C. Yancha
5th Congress
19611965
Fernando R. Veloso[lower-alpha 2]
6th Congress
19651969
see Lone District of Samar

Notes

  1. Pedro R. Arteche was elected on November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.
  2. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Western Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

3rd District (defunct)

Period Representative
1st Philippine Legislature
19071909
Eugenio D. Daza
2nd Philippine Legislature
19091912
Eladio Cinco
3rd Philippine Legislature
19121916
Mariano Alde
4th Philippine Legislature
19161919
Jose Lugay Raquel
5th Philippine Legislature
19191922
6th Philippine Legislature
19221925
Iñigo Abenis
7th Philippine Legislature
19251928
Gerardo Morrero
8th Philippine Legislature
19281931
Gregorio B. Abogado
9th Philippine Legislature
19311934
Gerardo Morrero
10th Philippine Legislature
19341935
1st National Assembly
19351938
Juan L. Bocar
2nd National Assembly
19381941
1st Commonwealth Congress
1945
Felix Opimo
1st Congress
19461949
Adriano D. Lomuntad
2nd Congress
19491953
Gregorio B. Abogado
3rd Congress
19531957
4th Congress
19571961
Felipe J. Abrigo[lower-alpha 1]
5th Congress
19611965
6th Congress
19651969
see Lone District of Eastern Samar

Notes

  1. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

Lone District (defunct)

Period Representative
6th Congress
19651969
Fernando R. Veloso[lower-alpha 1]
7th Congress
19691972

Notes

  1. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Western Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

At-Large (defunct)

1943-1944

Period Representative
National Assembly
19431944
Cayetano Lucero
Serafin S. Marabut

1984-1986

Period Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Jose A. Roño
Fernando R. Veloso

See also

References

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