The legislative districts of Eastern Samar are the representations of the province of Eastern 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 lone congressional district.

History

Eastern Samar was represented as the third district of Samar until Republic Act No. 4221[1] was ratified in November 1965, after which the representative of the third district of Samar automatically served as Eastern Samar's representative. It was part of the representation of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984.

Lone District

  • Population (2015): 467,160[2]
Period Representative
6th Congress
19651969
see 3rd District of Samar
Felipe J. Abrigo[lower-alpha 1]
7th Congress
19691972
8th Congress
19871992
Jose T. Ramirez
9th Congress
19921995
10th Congress
19951998
11th Congress
19982001
Marcelino C. Libanan[lower-alpha 2]
12th Congress
20012004
13th Congress
20042007
14th Congress
20072010
Teodolo M. Coquilla
15th Congress
20102013
Ben P. Evardone
16th Congress
20132016
17th Congress
20162019
18th Congress
20192022
Ma. Fe R. Abunda
19th Congress
20222025

Notes

  1. Elected in 1965 as representative of the third district of Samar. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar upon ratification of R.A. 4221 in November 1965.
  2. Appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration on April 18, 2007.

At-large (defunct)

Period Assemblyman
Regular Batasang Pambansa
19841986
Vicente O. Valley

See also

References

  1. "PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES and CODES".
  2. "TABLE 1. Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". psa.gov.ph. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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