Legislative district of Surigao

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The Legislative District of Surigao was the representation of the province of Surigao in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The undivided province was last represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines in the 4th Congress of the Philippines.

History

Surigao initially comprised a lone district in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the eleventh senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.

In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented Surigao in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province continued to comprise a lone district.

This lasted until 1960, when the enactment of Republic Act No. 2786 on June 19, 1960 split Surigao into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and provided the new provinces separate representations in Congress.^[1] Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur first elected their separate representatives in the 1961 elections.

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Francisco Soriano
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Manuel G. Gavieres
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Inocencio Cortez
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Eusebio Tiongko
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Eusebio Tiongko
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Clemente V. Diez
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Montano A. Ortiz
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Montano A. Ortiz
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Vicente Gonzaga
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Ricardo Navarro
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
3rd National Assembly 1941–1946	Ricardo Navarro
1st Congress 1946–1949	Ricardo Navarro
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Felixberto Verano¹
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Reynaldo P. Honrado
4th Congress 1957–1961	Reynaldo P. Honrado

^1 Elected to the Senate in 1951; position remained vacant until the end of the 2nd Congress.

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Jose D. Cortes^[2]
National Assembly 1943–1944	Fernando C. Silvosa (ex officio)^[2]

References

↑ Congress of the Philippines (June 19, 1960). "Republic Act No. 2786". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
1 2 Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.

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Legislative district of Surigao

History

Lone District (defunct)

At-Large (defunct)

See also

References