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{{short description|Legislative district of the Philippines}}
'''Zamboanga del Sur's at-large congressional district''' is an obsolete [[congressional districts of the Philippines|congressional district]] that encompassed the area of [[Zamboanga del Sur]] in the Philippines. It was represented in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] from 1953 to 1972 and in the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]] from 1984 to 1986.<ref name="congleg">{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine legislators |publisher=[[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> The province of Zamboanga del Sur was created as a result of the partition of [[Zamboanga (province)|Zamboanga]] in 1952 and elected its first representative provincewide [[at-large]] during the [[1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections]].<ref name="apportion">{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=711|date=June 6, 1952|url=http://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2dbf |title= An Act to Create the Provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> [[Roseller T. Lim]], who served as representative of [[Zamboanga's at-large congressional district]] during the partition,  was this district's first representative. The district remained a [[single-member district]] until the dissolution of the lower house in 1972. It was later absorbed by the multi-member [[Western Mindanao|Region IX]]'s at-large district for the [[Interim Batasang Pambansa|national parliament]] in 1978.<ref name="congleg"/> In 1984, provincial and city representations were restored and Zamboanga del Sur elected three members for the regular parliament with a separate representation created for [[Zamboanga City]].<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=BP|number=643|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l829a |title=AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE FOR RATIFICATION OR REJECTION THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES PROPOSED BY THE BATASANG PAMBANSA IN ITS SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, CALLING A PLEBISCITE FOR THIS PURPOSE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |date=December 21, 1983 |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> The district was abolished following the 1987 reapportionment to establish three districts under a new constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chanrobles.com/ordinance.htm |title=The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines |publisher=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
==Representation history==
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{| class=wikitable
|-
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 | Congress
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=4 | Single seat
|- style="height:3em"
!Start!!End
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Member
! Party
! Electoral history
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |
===Zamboanga del Sur"s at-large district for the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]]===
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District created June 6, 1952.<ref name="apportion"/>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''1'''
| December 30, 1953
| November 8, 1955
| style="text-align:center;" | [[3rd Congress of the Philippines|3rd]]
| rowspan=5 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| [[Roseller T. Lim]]
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| Redistricted from [[Zamboanga's at-large congressional district|Zamboanga's at-large district]] and [[1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections|re-elected in 1953]].<br/>Resigned on [[1955 Philippine Senate election|election as senator]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''2'''
| December 30, 1957
| December 30, 1961
| style="text-align:center;" | [[4th Congress of the Philippines|4th]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| Canuto M. S. Enerio
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| [[1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections|Elected in 1957]].
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''3'''
| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1961
| rowspan="2" | December 30, 1969
| style="text-align:center;" | [[5th Congress of the Philippines|5th]]
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}};" |
| rowspan="2" | Vincenzo Sagun
| rowspan="2" | [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]]
| [[1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections|Elected in 1961]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6th Congress of the Philippines|6th]]
| [[1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections|Re-elected in 1965]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''4'''
| December 30, 1969
| September 23, 1972
| style="text-align:center;" | [[7th Congress of the Philippines|7th]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}};" |
| Vicente M. Cerilles
| [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| [[1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections|Elected in 1969]].<br/>Removed from office after [[Proclamation No. 1081|imposition of martial law]].
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into the eight-seat [[Western Mindanao|Region IX]]'s at-large district for the [[Interim Batasang Pambansa]].
|-
! 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
|- 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="19" style="text-align:center;" |
===Zamboanga del Sur's at-large district for the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]]===
|-
| colspan="19" style="text-align:center;" | District re-created February 1, 1984.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=PP|number=2332, s. 1984|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1984/02/01/proclamation-no-2332-s-1984/ |title=Proclaiming the Ratification in the Plebiscite of January 27, 1984, of the Amendments to the Constitution Embodied in Batasang Pambansa Resolutions Nos. 104, 105, 110, 111, 112 and 113|date=February 1, 1984 |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]] |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
|- style="height:3em"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
| July 23, 1984
| March 25, 1986
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}};" |
| Vicente M. Cerilles
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Kilusang Bagong Lipunan}};" |
| Bienvenido A. Ebarle
| [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Nationalist Democratic Organization}};" |
| Isidoro E. Real Jr.
| [[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]] (CCA)
| [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|Elected in 1984]].
|-
| colspan="19" style="text-align:center;" | District dissolved into [[Zamboanga del Sur's 1st congressional district|Zamboanga del Sur's 1st]], [[Zamboanga del Sur's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] and [[Zamboanga del Sur's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] districts.
|}</div>
==See also==
*[[Legislative districts of Zamboanga del Norte]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Philippine congressional districts in Region IX}}
[[Category:Former congressional districts of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Politics of Zamboanga del Sur]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1972 disestablishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1986 disestablishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:At-large congressional districts of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Congressional districts of Zamboanga Peninsula]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1952]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1972]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1984]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1986]]