Biliran's at-large congressional district explained

Biliran's at-large congressional district
Parl Name:	House of Representatives of the Philippines
District Label:	Province
District:	Biliran
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Eastern Visayas
Population:	179,312 (2020)
Electorate:	123,232 (2022)^[1]
Area:	536.01sqkm
Year:	1991
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Gerardo Espina Jr.
Blank1 Name:	Political party
Blank1 Info:	Lakas–CMD
Blank2 Name:	Congressional bloc
Blank2 Info:	Majority

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.^[2] 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.^[3] ^[4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gerardo Espina Jr. of Lakas–CMD.^[5]

Representation history

	Member	Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
	Member	Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history
Biliran's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created October 10, 1991 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	Elected in 2007.
4		Rogelio Espina	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019	15th	Liberal	Elected in 2010.
					16th	Liberal	Re-elected in 2013.
					17th	Nacionalista	Re-elected in 2016.
(2)		Gerardo Espina Jr.	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	18th		Elected in 2019.
(2)		Gerardo Espina Jr.	June 30, 2019	Incumbent	19th	Lakas	Re-elected in 2022.

Web site: Number and Turn-Out of Registered Voters and Voters Who Actually Voted by City/Municipality May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Commission on Elections. July 10, 2023.
RA. 7160. An Act Providing for a Local Government Code of 1991 . October 10, 1991 . . March 13, 2021.
RA. 2141. Lawyerly. An Act Creating the Sub-Province of Biliran . April 8, 1959 . Arellano Law Foundation . March 13, 2021.
Web site: Roster of Philippine legislators . . March 13, 2021 . March 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316064243/http://congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province . dead .
Web site: House Members . . July 10, 2023.