Biliran's at-large congressional district

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Biliran's at-large congressional district
Constituency
for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Biliran in Philippines.svg
Location of Biliran within the Philippines
ProvinceBiliran
RegionEastern Visayas
Population171,612 (2015)[1]
Electorate121,755 (2019)[2]
Area536.01 km2 (206.95 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1995
RepresentativeGerardo Espina Jr.
Political party  Lakas–CMD
Congressional blocMajority

Biliran's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Biliran. It was created ahead of the 1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections following its conversion into a regular province under the 1991 Local Government Code (Republic Act No. 7160) which was ratified in a 1992 plebiscite concurrent with that year's general election.[3] Biliran had been a sub-province of Leyte since 1959 and was last represented as part of Leyte's 3rd district in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995 and earlier from 1961 to 1972, the multi-member Region VIII's at-large district in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984, and the multi-member Leyte's at-large district in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[4][5] It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Gerardo Espina Jr. of the PDP–Laban, later Lakas–CMD.[6]

Representation history[]

# Member Term of office Congress Party Electoral history
Start End

Biliran's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines[]

District created October 10, 1991.[3] Redistricted from Leyte's 3rd district.
1 Gerardo Espina Sr. June 30, 1995 June 30, 2004 10th NPC Elected in 1995.
11th Re-elected in 1998.
12th Re-elected in 2001.
2 Gerardo Espina Jr. June 30, 2004 June 30, 2007 13th KAMPI Elected in 2004.
3 Glenn Chong June 30, 2007 June 30, 2010 14th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2007.
4 Rogelio J. Espina June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 15th Liberal Elected in 2010.
16th Re-elected in 2013.
17th Nacionalista Re-elected in 2016.
(2) Gerardo Espina Jr. June 30, 2019 Incumbent 18th Lakas–CMD Elected in 2019.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved March 13, 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Number of Registered Voters, Voters who Actually Voted and Voters' Turnout" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). January 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Republic Act No. 7160". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Arellano Law Foundation. "Republic Act No. 2141". Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Roster of Philippine legislators". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "House Members". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

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