Surigao del Sur's at-large congressional district is a defunctcongressional district that encompassed the entire province ofSurigao del Sur in the Philippines. It was represented in theHouse of Representatives from 1961 to 1972 and in theRegular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.[1] The province of Surigao del Sur was created as a result of the partition ofSurigao in 1960 and elected its first representative provincewideat-large during the1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections.[2] The district remained asingle-member district until the dissolution of the lower house in 1972. It was later absorbed by the multi-memberRegion XI's at-large district for thenational parliament in 1978.[1] In 1984, provincial and city representations were restored and Surigao del Sur 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]
| # | Image | Member | Term of office | Congress | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||
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Surigao del Sur's at-large district for theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines[edit] | ||||||||||||||
| District created June 19, 1960 fromSurigao's at-large district.[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 1 |  | Vicente L. Pimentel | December 30, 1961 | December 30, 1965 | 5th | Liberal | Elected in 1961. | |||||||
| 2 |  | Gregorio P. Murillo | December 30, 1965 | December 30, 1969 | 6th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1965. | |||||||
| 3 | José G. Puyat Jr. | December 30, 1969 | September 23, 1972 | 7th | Nacionalista | Elected in 1969. Removed from office afterimposition of martial law. | ||||||||
| District dissolved into the ten-seatRegion XI's at-large district for theInterim Batasang Pambansa. | ||||||||||||||
| # | Image | Member | Term of office | Batasang Pambansa | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||
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Surigao's del Sur's at-large district for theRegular Batasang Pambansa[edit] | ||||||||||||||
| District re-created February 1, 1984.[4] | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Higino C. Llaguno Jr. | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | 2nd | KBL | Elected in 1984. | ||||||||
| District dissolved intoSurigao del Sur's 1st and2nd districts. | ||||||||||||||
