Legislative districts of Surigao del Sur

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The Legislative districts of Surigao del Sur are the representations of the province of Surigao del Sur 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

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Surigao del Sur were represented under the former province of Surigao (1907–1961).

The enactment of Republic Act No. 2786 on 19 June 1960 split the old Surigao province into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and provided the new provinces separate representations in Congress.[1] The new province of Surigao del Sur first elected its own representative in the 1961 elections.

Surigao del Sur was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984, and returned one representative, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution[2] which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

1st District

Period Representative[4]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Mario S. Ty
9th Congress
1992–1995
10th Congress
1995–1998
11th Congress
1998–2001		 Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.
12th Congress
2001–2004
13th Congress
2004–2007
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Philip A. Pichay1
15th Congress
2010–2013
16th Congress
2013–2016
Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado2
17th Congress
2016–2019		 Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.

^1 Unseated by the Supreme Court on 26 January 2016 after losing electoral protest lodged by Mary Elizabeth Ty-Delgado.[5]
^2 Replaced Philip Pichay after being declared rightful representative by the Supreme Court on 26 January 2016; served for the remainder of the 16th Congress.[5]

2nd District

Period Representative[4]
8th Congress
1987–1992		 Ernesto T. Estrella
9th Congress
1992–1995
10th Congress
1995–1998		 Jesnar R. Falcon
11th Congress
1998–2001
12th Congress
2001–2004
13th Congress
2004–2007		 Paul Jed Falcon
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Florencio C. Garay
15th Congress
2010–2013
16th Congress
2013–2016
17h Congress
2016–2019		 Johnny T. Pimentel

Lone District (defunct)

Period Representative[4]
5th Congress
1961–1965		 Vicente L. Pimentel, Sr.
6th Congress
1965–1969		 Gregorio P. Murillo, Sr.
7th Congress
1969–1972		 Jose G. Puyat, Jr.

At-Large (defunct)

Period Representative[4]
Regular Batasang Pambansa
1984–1986		 Higino C. Llaguno, Jr.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Congress of the Philippines (19 June 1960). "Republic Act No. 2786 - An Act to Create the Provinces of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ 1986 Constitutional Commission (2 February 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines - Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Aning, Jerome (2 February 2016). "High court unseats Rep. Pichay". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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