Surigao's at-large congressional district may refer to several occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from the historical province of Surigao.
The territory of the former Spanish colonial district of Surigao was first represented in the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic known as the Malolos Congress. Following the establishment of a provincial government under U.S. civilian rule in 1901, a single-member district encompassing the entire province was created ahead of the elections for the first fully elected Philippine Assembly in 1907. The district also elected its representatives to the Commonwealth National Assembly following a shift to unicameral legislature in 1935, and was re-established as a plural member constituency ahead of the 1943 election for the Second Republic National Assembly. It elected a representative to the restored House of Representatives when the country returned to single-member electorates in 1945 and was also represented in the first four meetings under the Third Philippine Republic.
The district was abolished following the 1960 division of Surigao into two provinces which took effect in 1961.
Representation history # Term of office NationalAssembly Seat A Seat BStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral history Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the Malolos Congress District created June 18, 1898. – September 15, 1898 March 23, 1901 1st Timoteo Páez Independent Appointed. Tomás del Rosario Independent Appointed. # Term of office Legislature Single seat Seats eliminatedStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly District re-created January 9, 1907. 1 October 16, 1907 October 16, 1909 1st Francisco Soriano Progresista Elected in 1907. 2 October 16, 1909 May 31, 1910 2nd Manuel Gavieres Nacionalista Elected in 1909.Died. 3 October 14, 1910 October 16, 1916 Inocencio Cortes Nacionalista Elected in 1910 to finish Gavieres's term. 3rd Re-elected in 1912. # Term of office Legislature Single seatStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands 4 October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 4th Eusebio Tionko Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 5th Re-elected in 1919. 5 June 6, 1922 June 2, 1925 6th Clementino Díez NacionalistaUnipersonalista Elected in 1922. 6 June 2, 1925 June 2, 1931 7th Montano Ortiz Demócrata Elected in 1925. 8th Re-elected in 1928. 7 June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 9th Vicente Gonzaga NacionalistaConsolidado Elected in 1931. 8 June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 10th Ricardo Navarro NacionalistaDemocrático Elected in 1934. # Term of office NationalAssembly Single seatStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines) (8) 1936 December 30, 1941 1st Ricardo Navarro NacionalistaDemocrático Declared winner of 1935 elections after an electoral protest. 2nd Nacionalista Re-elected in 1938. # Term of office NationalAssembly Seat A Seat BStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral history Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic) District re-created September 7, 1943. – September 25, 1943 February 2, 1944 1st José D. Cortes KALIBAPI Elected in 1943. Fernando C. Silvosa KALIBAPI Appointed as an ex officio member. # Term of office CommonwealthCongress Single seat Seats eliminatedStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines District re-created May 24, 1945. (8) June 11, 1945 May 25, 1946 1st Ricardo Navarro Nacionalista Re-elected in 1941. # Term of office Congress Single seatStartEnd Image Member Party Electoral historySurigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines (8) May 25, 1946 December 30, 1949 1st Ricardo Navarro Nacionalista Re-elected in 1946. 9 December 30, 1949 December 30, 1951 2nd Felisberto M. Verano Nacionalista Elected in 1949. Resigned on election as senator. — December 30, 1951 December 30, 1953 vacant No special election held to fill vacancy. 10 December 30, 1953 December 30, 1961 3rd Reynaldo P. Honrado Nacionalista Elected in 1953. 4th Re-elected in 1957.Redistricted to Surigao del Norte's at-large district. District dissolved into Surigao del Norte's and Surigao del Sur's at-large districts.
See also Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte Legislative districts of Surigao del Sur
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