Leyte's at-large congressional district

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'''Leyte's at-large congressional district''' was the provincewide [[electoral district]] for [[List of legislatures of the Philippines|Philippine national legislatures]] in both the undivided province of [[Leyte (province)|Leyte]] before its 1959 division and the northern three-fourths that retained its name from 1984 to 1986.<ref name="congleg"></ref>

Leyte first elected its representatives [[at-large]] in the [[1943 Philippine legislative election]] for a seat in the [[National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)|National Assembly]] of the [[Second Philippine Republic]].<ref name="second"></ref> Before 1943, the undivided island province which also included [[Biliran]] was represented in the national legislatures through its [[Leyte's 1st congressional district|first]], [[Leyte's 2nd congressional district|second]], [[Leyte's 3rd congressional district|third]], [[Leyte's 4th congressional district|fourth]] and [[Leyte's 5th congressional district|fifth]] districts. The undivided province was also earlier represented in the [[Malolos Congress]] of the [[First Philippine Republic]] in 1898 by appointed delegates from [[Luzon]].<ref name="malolos">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

The five districts were restored in Leyte ahead of the [[1941 Philippine House of Representatives elections]] whose elected representatives only began to serve following the dissolution of the Second Republic and the restoration of the [[Philippine Commonwealth]] in 1945. An at-large district would not be used in the province until the [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election]] for five seats in the [[Batasang Pambansa]], with a separate representation created for [[Southern Leyte]] which it had been entitled to since the 1959 division.<ref name="division"></ref> It became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment under a new constitution that restored the five districts in Leyte.<ref name="congleg"/><ref></ref>

==Representation history==
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{| class=wikitable
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | National<br/>Assembly
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat B
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat C
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat D
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="24" style="text-align:center;" |

===Leyte's at-large district for the [[Malolos Congress]]===
|-
| colspan="24" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 18, 1898.<ref name="malolos"/><ref></ref>
|-
|- style="height:3em"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| September 15, 1898
| March 23, 1901
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
|
| style="background:;" |
| Rafael Guerrero
| Independent
| Appointed.
|
| style="background:;" |
| Lucio Navarro
| Independent
| Appointed.
|
| style="background:;" |
| Simplicio del Rosario
| Independent
| Appointed.
|
| style="background:;" |
| Marciano Zamora
| Independent
| Appointed.
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | National<br/>Assembly
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat B
| rowspan=6 colspan=10 style="text-align:center;" | ''Seats eliminated''
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |

===Leyte's at-large district for the [[National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)]]===
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created September 7, 1943.<ref name="second"/>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| September 25, 1943
| February 2, 1944
| style="text-align:center;" | 1st
|
| style="background:;" |
| [[Jose Maria Veloso|José María Veloso]]
| [[KALIBAPI]]
| [[1943 Philippine legislative election|Elected in 1943]].
|
| style="background:;" |
| Bernardo Torres
| [[KALIBAPI]]
| Appointed as an [[ex officio member]].
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into [[Leyte's 1st congressional district|Leyte's 1st]], [[Leyte's 2nd congressional district|2nd]], [[Leyte's 3rd congressional district|3rd]], [[Leyte's 4th congressional district|4th]] and [[Leyte's 5th congressional district|5th]] districts.
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Batasang<br/>Pambansa
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat A
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat B
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat C
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat D
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Seat E
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="29" style="text-align:center;" |

===Leyte's at-large district for the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]]===
|-
| colspan="29" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 1, 1984.<ref></ref>
|- style="height:3em"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| July 23, 1984
| March 25, 1986
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
|
| style="background:;" |
| Damian V. Aldaba
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="background:;" |
| Artemio E. Mate
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="background:;" |
| Emiliano J. Melgazo
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="background:;" |
| Benjamin T. Romualdez
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="background:;" |
| Alberto S. Veloso
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|-
| colspan="29" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into [[Leyte's 1st congressional district|Leyte's 1st]], [[Leyte's 2nd congressional district|2nd]], [[Leyte's 3rd congressional district|3rd]], [[Leyte's 4th congressional district|4th]] and [[Leyte's 5th congressional district|5th]] districts.
|}</div>

==See also==
*[[Legislative districts of Leyte]]

==References==



[[Category:Defunct congressional districts of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Politics of Leyte (province)]]
[[Category:1898 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1901 disestablishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1943 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1944 disestablishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1986 disestablishments in the Philippines]]

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