Northern Samar's at-large congressional district

Northern Samar's at-large congressional district was a short-lived congressional district that encompassed the entire province of Northern Samar in the Philippines. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1972 and in the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.^[1] The province of Northern Samar was created as a result of the partition of Samar in 1965 and elected its first representative provincewide at-large during that year's House elections.^[2] Before 1965, the territory of Northern Samar comprised most of Samar's 1st congressional district whose representative during the partition, Eladio T. Balite, also served as the new province's first representative. A special election was held two years later in 1967 concurrent with that year's Senate election following Balite's death, with the province electing Eusebio Moore to serve his remaining term in the 6th Congress.^[1]

The district was eliminated following the dissolution of the lower house in 1972 but was later absorbed by the multi-member Region VIII's at-large district for the interim parliament in 1978.^[1] In 1984, provincial and city representations were restored with Northern Samar electing a member for the regular parliament from the same provincewide electoral district.^[3] The district finally became obsolete following the 1987 reapportionment that established two districts in the province under a new constitution.^[4]

Representation history

#	Member		Term of office		Congress	Party	Electoral history
#	Member		Start	End	Congress	Party	Electoral history
Northern Samar's at-large district for the House of Representatives of the Philippines
District created June 19, 1965.^[2]
1		Eladio T. Balite	December 30, 1965	August 24, 1967	6th	Liberal	Redistricted from Samar's 1st district and re-elected in 1965. Died.
2		Eusebio Moore	January 22, 1968	December 30, 1969	6th	Nacionalista	Elected in 1967 to finish Balite's term.
3		Raul Daza	December 30, 1969	September 23, 1972	7th	Liberal	Elected in 1969. Removed from office after imposition of martial law.
District dissolved into the ten-seat Region VIII's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
#	Member		Term of office		Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
#	Member		Start	End	Batasang Pambansa	Party	Electoral history
Northern Samar's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa
District re-created February 1, 1984.^[5]
4		Edilberto A. del Valle	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986	2nd	KBL	Elected in 1984.
District dissolved into Northern Samar's 1st and 2nd districts.