Legislative districts of Samar

The legislative districts of Samar are the representations of the province of 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 first and second congressional districts.

History

The former province of Samar was divided into three legislative districts from 1907 until 1965.

Its division into three different provinces was only approved in a plebiscite held together with the general elections on November 19, 1965, as mandated by Republic Act No. 4221,^[1] which meant that voters still elected representatives under the old district configuration. After the ratification of RA 4221 the representatives of the second and third districts automatically served as the representatives of the lone districts of Western Samar and Eastern Samar, respectively, while the representative of the first district only served until 1967, when special elections were held to determine the new representative for Northern Samar. In 1969 Western Samar was renamed, and it is just this portion of the original undivided province that now assumes the title Samar.

Samar was part of the representation of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984, and from 1984 to 1986 it elected 2 assemblymen at-large. In 1986 it was redistricted into two legislative districts.

1st District

1st District of Samar

• City: Calbayog
• Municipalities: Almagro, Gandara, Matuginao, Pagsanghan, San Jorge, Santa Margarita, Santo Niño, Tagapul-an, Tarangnan
• Population (2020): 338, 230

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jose A. Roño
9th Congress 1992–1995	Rodolfo T. Tuazon
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004	Reynaldo S. Uy
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Mel Senen S. Sarmiento[a]
16th Congress 2013–2016
	vacant[b]
17th Congress 2016–2019	Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025	Stephen James T. Tan

Notes

1. Appointed Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on September 11, 2015.
2. Quezon City's 4th District Representative and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte served as legislative caretaker of the district for the remaining term of the 16th Congress.^[2]

1907–1969

• Municipalities: Allen, Bobon, Calbayog (became city 1948), Capul, Catarman, Catubig, Laoang, Lavezares, Mondragon, Oquendo (annexed to Calbayog 1948), Palapag, Pambujan, San Antonio, Tinambacan (Weyler) (re-established 1911, re-annexed to Calbayog 1948), Gamay (established 1947), Las Navas (re-established 1949), San Jose (re-established 1949), San Isidro (established 1954), Lapinig (established 1956), San Roque (established 1959), Mapanas (established 1966), San Vicente (established 1966), Silvino Lobos (established 1967)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Honorio Rosales
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Vicente M. Obieta
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Tomas Gomez
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Pedro K. Mendiola
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Jose D. Avelino
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Tiburcio Tancinco
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935	Antolin D. Tan
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Tiburcio Tancinco
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Agripino Escareal
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Decoroso Rosales
1st Congress 1946–1949	Agripino Escareal
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Gregorio B. Tan[a]
4th Congress 1957–1961	Eladio T. Balite[b]
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
	see Lone District of Northern Samar

Notes

1. Died in office, November 4, 1956.
2. Died in office, August 24, 1967.

2nd District

2nd District of Samar

• City: Catbalogan (became city 2007)
• Municipalities: Basey, Calbiga, Daram, Hinabangan, Jiabong, Marabut, Motiong, Paranas (Wright), Pinabacdao, San Jose de Buan, San Sebastian, Santa Rita, Talalora, Villareal, Zumarraga
• Population (2020): 454, 593

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Venancio T. Garduce
9th Congress 1992–1995	Catalino V. Figueroa
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007	Catalino V. Figueroa
14th Congress 2007–2010	Sharee Ann T. Tan
15th Congress 2010–2013	Milagrosa T. Tan
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022	Sharee Ann T. Tan
19th Congress 2022–2025	Reynolds Michael T. Tan

1907–1969

• Municipalities: Almagro, Basey, Calbiga, Catbalogan, Gandara, Santa Rita, Santo Niño, Tarangnan, Villareal, Wright, Zumarraga, Pinabacdao (re-established 1946), Talalora (established 1947), Hinabangan (established 1948), Jiabong (established 1948), Motiong (established 1948), Marabut (established 1949), Daram (established 1949), San Sebastian (established 1950), San Jose de Buan (established 1968), Matuguinao (established as municipal district 1919)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Luciano Sinko
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Benito Azanza
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Jose Sabarre
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Pastor Salazar
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Pascual B. Azanza
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Serafin Marabut
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941	Pascual B. Azanza
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	vacant[a]
1st Congress 1946–1949	Tito V. Tizon
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Marciano Lim
4th Congress 1957–1961	Valeriano C. Yancha
5th Congress 1961–1965	Fernando R. Veloso[b]
6th Congress 1965–1969
	see Lone District of Samar

Notes

1. Pedro R. Arteche was elected in November 1941 but died before the start of the session on June 9, 1945.
2. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Western Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

3rd District (defunct)

See also: Legislative district of Eastern Samar

• Municipalities: Balangiga, Borongan, Dolores, Guiuan, Llorente, Oras, San Julian, Sulat, Taft, Salcedo (re-established 1908), Hernani (re-established 1912), Quinapondan (re-established 1946), General MacArthur (established 1947), Mercedes (established 1948), Can-avid (established 1948), San Policarpo (established 1948), Giporlos (established 1949), Arteche (established 1951), Maydolong (established 1951), Balangkayan (established 1959), Lawaan (established 1959), Jipapad (established 1965), Maslog (established as municipal district 1919)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Eugenio D. Daza
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Eladio Cinco
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916	Mariano Alde
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Jose Lugay Raquel
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Iñigo Abenis
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Gerardo Morrero
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Gregorio B. Abogado
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Gerardo Morrero
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Juan L. Bocar
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Felix Opimo
1st Congress 1946–1949	Adriano D. Lomuntad
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Gregorio B. Abogado
3rd Congress 1953–1957
4th Congress 1957–1961	Felipe J. Abrigo[a]
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
	see Lone District of Eastern Samar

Notes

1. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative
6th Congress 1965–1969	Fernando R. Veloso[a]
7th Congress 1969–1972

Notes

1. Automatically became representative of the lone district of Western Samar upon ratification of Republic Act No. 4221.

At-Large (defunct)

1943-1944

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Cayetano Lucero
	Serafin S. Marabut

1984-1986

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Jose A. Roño
	Fernando R. Veloso

See also

• Legislative district of Eastern Samar
• Legislative district of Northern Samar