Samar's at-large congressional district

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Samar's at-large congressional district was the provincewide electoral district for Philippine national legislatures in both the undivided province of Samar before its 1965 partition and the western third that adopted its name which was created as a result of that division from 1965 to 1986.[1]

Samar first elected its representatives at-large in the 1943 Philippine legislative election for a seat in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic.[2] Before 1943, the undivided island province was represented in the national legislatures through its first, second and third districts. The former province was also earlier represented in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic in 1898 by appointed delegates from Luzon.[3]

The three districts were restored in Samar ahead of the 1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province until after the 1965 division that created three new provinces with three separate lone congressional districts based more or less on the existing districts, and one of which, Western Samar, adopted the name of Samar in 1969.[4][5] The successor province elected its representative in this manner in the 1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections. The district was immediately dissolved due to absence of a national legislature from 1972 to 1978. It was last recreated for the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election and became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution.[1][6]

Representation history[edit]

# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seat C
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Samar's at-large district for the Malolos Congress[edit]

District created June 18, 1898.[3][7]
– September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st Servillano Aquino Independent Appointed. Javier Gonzales Salvador Independent Appointed. Juan Tongco Independent Appointed.
# Term of office National
Assembly 		Seat A Seat B Seats eliminated
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Samar's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)[edit]

District re-created September 7, 1943.[2]
– September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st Serafín Marabut KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Cayetano Lucero KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member.
District dissolved into Samar's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts.
# Term of office Congress Single seat Seats eliminated
Start End Member Party Electoral history

Western Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[edit]

District re-created June 19, 1965.[4]
1 December 30, 1965 December 30, 1969 6th Fernando R. Veloso Nacionalista Redistricted from Samar's 2nd district and re-elected in 1965.

Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[edit]

(1) December 30, 1969 September 23, 1972 7th Fernando R. Veloso Nacionalista Re-elected in 1969.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
# Term of office Batasang
Pambansa 		Seat A Seat B
Start End Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history

Samar's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa[edit]

District re-created February 1, 1984.[8]
– July 23, 1984 March 25, 1986 2nd Jose A. Roño KBL Elected in 1984. Fernando R. Veloso KBL Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Samar's 1st and 2nd districts.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The 1943 Constitution". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Malolos Congress: A Centennial publication on the inauguration of the Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899 - January 3, 1999)". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. 1999. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Republic Act No. 4221, (1965-06-19)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Republic Act No. 5650, (1969-06-21)". Lawyerly. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Decree of June 18, 1898, establishing the Dictatorial Government" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984". Official Gazette (Philippines). February 1984. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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