Legislative districts of Eastern Samar

The legislative districts of Eastern Samar are the representations of the province of Eastern 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 lone congressional district.

History

Eastern Samar was represented as the third district of Samar until Republic Act No. 4221^[1] 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^[2]

Period	Representative
6th Congress 1965–1969	see 3rd District of Samar
	Felipe J. Abrigo[a]
7th Congress 1969–1972
8th Congress 1987–1992	Jose T. Ramirez
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Marcelino Libanan[b]
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
18th Congress 2019–2022	Maria Fe Abunda
19th Congress 2022–2025

Notes

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 R.A. 4221 in November 1965.
2. Appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration on April 18, 2007.

At-large (defunct)

Period	Assemblyman
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Vicente O. Valley

See also

• Legislative districts of Samar

References

1. "PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES and CODES".
2. "TABLE 1. Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". psa.gov.ph. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2023.