Legislative districts of Sorsogon

The legislative districts of Sorsogon are the representations of the province of Sorsogon in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.

History

Sorsogon had been divided into two congressional districts since 1907, which included Masbate until 1922. From 1978 to 1984, it was part of the representation of Region V in the Interim Batasang Pambansa, and it elected two assemblymen at-large in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.

1st District

• City: Sorsogon City (became city 2000)
• Municipalities: Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Magallanes, Pilar
• Population (2015): 420,092[1]

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Salvador H. Escudero III[lower-alpha 1]
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Francis Joseph G. Escudero
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Salvador H. Escudero III[lower-alpha 2]
15th Congress 2010–2013
	vacant[lower-alpha 3]
16th Congress 2013–2016	Evelina G. Escudero
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022

Notes

1. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture in 1996.
2. Died in office, August 13, 2012.
3. Sorsogon's 2nd District Representative Deogracias B. Ramos Jr. was appointed legislative caretaker on September 3, 2012.[2]

1907–1922

• Municipalities: Bacon, Barcelona, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Vicente De Vera
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Leoncio Grajo
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Manuel Escudero
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Leoncio Grajo

1922–1972

• Municipalities: Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena

Period	Representative
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Antonio Rocha
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Juan Reyes
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Justino Encinas
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Adolfo Gerona
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Norberto Roque
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945
1st Congress 1946–1949	Pacifico F. Lim
2nd Congress 1949–1953	Modesto Galias
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Salvador Encinas
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972

2nd District

• Municipalities: Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Matnog, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena
• Population (2015): 372,857[1]

Period	Representative
8th Congress 1987–1992	Bonifacio H. Gillego
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Rodolfo F. Gonzales
12th Congress 2001–2004	Jose G. Solis
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Deogracias B. Ramos, Jr.
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022	Bernardita Ramos[lower-alpha 1]
	vacant[lower-alpha 2]

1907–1922

• Municipalities: Aroroy, Bulan, Cataingan, Dimasalang, Donsol, Magallanes, Mandaon (later annexed to Milagros until 1949), Masbate, Milagros, Mobo (annexed to Masbate 1910–1949), Pilar, Placer (later annexed to Cataingan until 1948), Pulanduta (Balud) (later annexed to Milagros until 1949), San Fernando, San Jacinto, San Pascual, Uson (annexed to Dimasalang 1911–1949)

Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature 1907–1909	Pedro Chavez
2nd Philippine Legislature 1909–1912	Jose Zurbito
3rd Philippine Legislature 1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature 1916–1919	Amancio Aguilar
5th Philippine Legislature 1919–1922	Pablo de la Rosa

1922–1972

• Municipalities: Bacon, Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Juban, Magallanes, Pilar, Sorsogon

Period	Representative
6th Philippine Legislature 1922–1925	Federico D. Jimenez
7th Philippine Legislature 1925–1928	Mario Guariña
8th Philippine Legislature 1928–1931	Francisco Arellano
9th Philippine Legislature 1931–1934	Fernando B. Duran
10th Philippine Legislature 1934–1935
1st National Assembly 1935–1938	Tomas Clemente
2nd National Assembly 1938–1941
1st Commonwealth Congress 1945	Teodoro De Vera[lower-alpha 3]
1st Congress 1946–1949	Tomas Clemente
2nd Congress 1949–1953
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Vicente Peralta
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Rafael C. Aquino

Notes

1. Died in office on September 8, 2020.[3]
2. Sorsogon's 1st District Representative Evelina G. Escudero was appointed caretaker representative on October 16, 2020.[4]
3. Took oath of office on June 12, 1945.

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

Period	Representative
National Assembly 1943–1944	Manuel Estipona
	Rafael Ramos

1984–1986

Period	Representative
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Salvador H. Escudero III
	Augusto G. Ortiz

See also

• Legislative districts of Masbate

References

1. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/2015_Table%201_Legislative%20Districts.xlsx
2. Natividad, Joey (September 10, 2012). "Speaker Belmonte appoints Rep. Ramos caretaker of Sorsogon 1st Legislative District". Bicol Today. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
3. "Sorsogon congresswoman Ditas Ramos dies". September 8, 2020.
4. "Cayetano replaced as legislative caretaker of Camarines Sur's 1st district". Inquirer. October 16, 2020.