Northern Samar's 1st congressional district explained

Northern Samar's 1st congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Northern Samar
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Eastern Visayas
Population:	336,265 (2015)^[1]
Electorate:	241,623 (2019)^[2]
Area:	1937.46sqkm
Year:	1987
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Paul R. Daza
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	National Unity Party
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Minority

Northern Samar's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987.^[3] The district covers the province's western half which contains its capital, Catarman, the adjacent municipalities of Allen, Bobon, Lavezares, Lope de Vega, Mondragon, Rosario, San Isidro, San Jose and Victoria, and the San Bernardino Strait island municipalities of Biri, Capul, San Antonio and San Vicente.^[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Paul R. Daza of the National Unity Party (NUP).^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history	Constituent LGUs
Northern Samar's 1st district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created February 2, 1987 from Northern Samar's at-large district.
1		Raul Daza	June 30, 1987	June 30, 1998	8th	Liberal	Elected in 1987.	1987–present Allen, Biri, Bobon, Capul, Catarman, Lavezares, Lope de Vega, Mondragon, Rosario, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Jose, San Vicente, Victoria
					9th		Re-elected in 1992.
					10th		Re-elected in 1995.
2		Harlin C. Abayon	June 30, 1998	June 30, 2007	11th	Liberal	Elected in 1998.
					12th		Re-elected in 2001.
					13th		Re-elected in 2004.
3		Paul R. Daza	June 30, 2007	June 30, 2010	14th	Liberal	Elected in 2007.
(1)		Raul Daza	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2013	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
(2)		Harlin C. Abayon	June 30, 2013	May 16, 2016	16th	Nacionalista	Elected in 2013. Removed from office after an electoral protest on claims of electoral fraud.^[6] Supreme Court reversed House electoral tribunal decision and reinstated Abayon but was not implemented by House.^[7]
(1)		Raul Daza	May 16, 2016	June 30, 2019	16th	Liberal	Declared winner of 2013 elections by House electoral tribunal.
(1)		Raul Daza	May 16, 2016	June 30, 2019	17th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2016.
(3)		Paul R. Daza	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th	Liberal	Elected in 2019.
(3)		Paul R. Daza	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	19th	NUP	Re-elected in 2022.

Web site: TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015 . . March 11, 2021.
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Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . March 11, 2021.
Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . March 11, 2021.
Web site: House Members . . March 11, 2021.
Web site: New Surigao, Samar congressmen sworn into office . . Arcangel, X. . March 16, 2016 . March 11, 2021.
Web site: Northern Samar's Abayon escorted out of Congress . . Pasion, P. . June 6, 2016 . March 11, 2021.