Surigao del Norte's at-large congressional district explained

Surigao del Norte's at-large congressional district is a defunct congressional district that encompassed the entire province of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1972 and in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.^[1] The province of Surigao del Norte was created as a result of the partition of Surigao in 1960 and elected its first representative provincewide at-large during the 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections.^[2] The district remained a single-member district until the dissolution of the lower house in 1972. It was later absorbed by the multi-member Region X's at-large district for the national parliament in 1978.^[1] In 1984, provincial and city representations were restored and Surigao del Norte elected one member for the regular parliament. The district was abolished following the 1987 reapportionment to establish two districts in the province under a new constitution.^[3]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Surigao del Norte's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created June 19, 1960 from Surigao's at-large district.
1		Reynaldo P. Honrado	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	5th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1961.
2		Constantino C. Navarro Sr.	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6th	Liberal	Elected in 1965.
					7th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the nine-seat Region X's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
	Member	Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
		Start	End
Surigao del Norte's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.^[4]
(2)		Constantino C. Navarro Sr.	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Surigao del Norte's 1st and 2nd districts.

See also

• Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . February 22, 2021.
2. Web site: Republic Act No. 2786 . Arellano Law Foundation . February 22, 2021.
3. Web site: The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines . Chan Robles Virtual Law Library . February 22, 2021.
4. Web site: Proclamation No. 2332, s. 1984 . February 1984 . . February 22, 2021.