Samar Provincial Board

The Samar Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Samar, also known as "Western Samar".

Samar Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Samar
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Angelica Teodoro, Liberal Party
since December 2, 2019
Structure
Seats13 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups
  PDP–Laban (5)
  Liberal (4)
  UNA (1)
  Nonpartisan (2)
  Vacant (1)
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 13, 2019
Next election
May 9, 2022
Meeting place
Samar Capitol Building, Catbalogan

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being elected. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Samar.

Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL).

Apportionment
Elections Seats per district Ex officio seats Total seats
1st 2nd
2010–present 5 5 3 13

List of members

Current members

These are the members after the 2019 local elections[1] and 2018 barangay and SK elections:

District Board member Party Start of term End of term
1st None[1] June 30, 2022
1st Regina Rabuya Liberal June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Julius Mancol Liberal June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Miguelito Ayong Liberal June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Alfredo Serrano Liberal June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Lee Zosa PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Alvin Abejuena UNA June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Fe Arcales PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Luzviminda Nacario PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Carlo Latorre PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
League Board member Party Start of term End of term
ABC Ma. Elpa de Jesus Nonpartisan July 30, 2018 January 1, 2023
PCL Beethoven Bermejo PDP–Laban July 1, 2019 June 30, 2022
SK Nonpartisan June 8, 2018 January 1, 2023
  1. a b Governor Milagrosa Tan died on November 30, 2019. The erstwhile vice governor Reynolds Michael Tan assumed the governorship on December 2, 2019, while the top performing board member in the 2019 election, Angelica Teodoro, assumed the vice governorship.[2]

References
  1. "LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph.
  2. Gabieta, Joey (2019-12-04). "Tan assumes post as new Samar gov after death of incumbent". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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