Legislative districts of Eastern Samar
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The Legislative District of Eastern Samar is the representation of the Province of Eastern Samar in the Philippine House of Representatives. Eastern Samar was represented as the third district of Samar until Republic Act No. 4221 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[1]
Period | Representative |
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6th Congress 1965–1969 |
Felipe J. Abrigo1 |
7th Congress 1969–1972 | |
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986 |
Vicente O. Valley |
8th Congress 1987–1992 |
Jose T. Ramirez |
9th Congress 1992–1995 | |
10th Congress 1995–1998 | |
11th Congress 1998–2001 |
Marcelino C. Libanan2 |
12th Congress 2001–2004 | |
13th Congress 2004–2007 | |
14th Congress 2007–2010 |
Teodolo M. Coquilla |
15th Congress 2010–2013 |
Ben Evardone |
16th Congress 2013–2016 | |
17th Congress 2016–2019 |
- ^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 RA 4221 in November 1965.
- ^2 Appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration on April 18, 2007.
See also
References
- Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library