Surigao's at-large congressional district

Surigao's at-large congressional district may refer to several occasions when a provincewide at-large district was used for elections to the various Philippine national legislatures from the historical province of Surigao.

The territory of the former Spanish colonial district of Surigao was first represented in the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic known as the Malolos Congress. Following the establishment of a provincial government under U.S. civilian rule in 1901, a single-member district encompassing the entire province was created ahead of the elections for the first fully elected Philippine Assembly in 1907. The district also elected its representatives to the Commonwealth National Assembly following a shift to unicameral legislature in 1935, and was re-established as a plural member constituency ahead of the 1943 election for the Second Republic National Assembly. It elected a representative to the restored House of Representatives when the country returned to single-member electorates in 1945 and was also represented in the first four meetings under the Third Philippine Republic.

The district was abolished following the 1960 division of Surigao into two provinces which took effect in 1961.

Representation history
{| class=wikitable ! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Seat A ! colspan=4 | Seat B !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the Malolos Congress
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Legislature ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 18, 1898.
 * - style="height:3em"
 * style="text-align:center;" | –
 * September 15, 1898
 * March 23, 1901
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Timoteo Páez
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Tomás del Rosario
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Tomás del Rosario
 * Independent
 * Appointed.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=23 colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the Philippine Assembly
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Legislature ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created January 9, 1907.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1
 * October 16, 1907
 * October 16, 1909
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan="4" |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Francisco Soriano
 * Progresista
 * Elected in 1907.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2
 * October 16, 1909
 * May 31, 1910
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Manuel Gavieres
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1909. Died.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 3
 * rowspan="2" | October 14, 1910
 * rowspan="2" | October 16, 1916
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Inocencio Cortes
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1910 to finish Gavieres's term.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1910 to finish Gavieres's term.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * Re-elected in 1912.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4
 * rowspan="2" | October 16, 1916
 * rowspan="2" | June 6, 1922
 * style="text-align:center;" | 4th
 * rowspan=7 |
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Eusebio Tionko
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1916.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 5th
 * Re-elected in 1919.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 5
 * June 6, 1922
 * June 2, 1925
 * style="text-align:center;" | 6th
 * style="background-color:#B22222|
 * Clementino Díez
 * Nacionalista Unipersonalista
 * Elected in 1922.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 6
 * rowspan="2" | June 2, 1925
 * rowspan="2" | June 2, 1931
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7th
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Montano Ortiz
 * rowspan="2" | Demócrata
 * Elected in 1925.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 8th
 * Re-elected in 1928.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 7
 * June 2, 1931
 * June 5, 1934
 * style="text-align:center;" | 9th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Vicente Gonzaga
 * Nacionalista Consolidado
 * Elected in 1931.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 8
 * June 5, 1934
 * September 16, 1935
 * style="text-align:center;" | 10th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Elected in 1934.
 * June 5, 1934
 * September 16, 1935
 * style="text-align:center;" | 10th
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Elected in 1934.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the National Assembly (Commonwealth of the Philippines)
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | National Assembly ! colspan=4 | Seat A ! colspan=4 | Seat B !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | (8)
 * rowspan="2" | September 16, 1935
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1941
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan=2 |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista Democrático
 * Re-elected in 1935. Won electoral protest against Clementino Diéz (Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia).
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1938.
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1938.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Common wealth Congress ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created September 7, 1943.
 * style="text-align:center;" | –
 * September 25, 1943
 * February 2, 1944
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * José D. Cortes
 * KALIBAPI
 * Elected in 1943.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Fernando C. Silvosa
 * KALIBAPI
 * Appointed as an ex officio member.
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Fernando C. Silvosa
 * KALIBAPI
 * Appointed as an ex officio member.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * colspan="5" rowspan="23" style="text-align:center;" | Seats eliminated
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
! rowspan=2 | # ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! rowspan=2 | Congress ! colspan=4 | Single seat !Start!!End ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member ! Party ! Electoral history
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created May 24, 1945.
 * style="text-align:center;" | (8)
 * June 11, 1945
 * May 25, 1946
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1941.
 * Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1941.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * - style="height:3em"
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |

Surigao's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines

 * style="text-align:center;" | (8)
 * May 25, 1946
 * December 30, 1949
 * style="text-align:center;" | 1st
 * rowspan="5" |
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Ricardo Navarro
 * Nacionalista
 * Re-elected in 1946.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 9
 * December 30, 1949
 * December 30, 1951
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
 * style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * Felixberto M. Verano
 * Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1949. Resigned on election as senator.
 * style="text-align:center;" | —
 * December 30, 1951
 * December 30, 1953
 * vacant
 * No special election held to fill vacancy.
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 10
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1953
 * rowspan="2" | December 30, 1961
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3rd
 * rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:;" |
 * rowspan="2" | Reynaldo P. Honrado
 * rowspan="2" | Nacionalista
 * Elected in 1953.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 4th
 * Re-elected in 1957. Redistricted to Surigao del Norte's at-large district.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Surigao del Norte's and Surigao del Sur's at-large districts.
 * colspan="5" |
 * }
 * Elected in 1953.
 * style="text-align:center;" | 4th
 * Re-elected in 1957. Redistricted to Surigao del Norte's at-large district.
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Surigao del Norte's and Surigao del Sur's at-large districts.
 * colspan="5" |
 * }
 * colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into Surigao del Norte's and Surigao del Sur's at-large districts.
 * colspan="5" |
 * }