Biliran Provincial Board

The Biliran Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Biliran.

Biliran Provincial Board

Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Biliran
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Brigido Caneja III, Nacionalista
since June 30, 2019
Structure
Seats11 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Biliran Provincial Board composition
Political groups
  Nacionalista (6)
  PDP–Laban (3)
  Nonpartisan (2)
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 13, 2019
Next election
May 9, 2022
Meeting place
Biliran Provincial Capitol, Naval

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each sending four members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for four members, with the four candidates with the highest number of votes being elected. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

District apportionment

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Elections No. of seats per district Ex officio seats Total seats
1st 2nd
2004–13 4 4 3 11

List of members

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An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

Current members

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These are the members after the 2019 local elections[1] and 2018 barangay and SK elections:

District Board member Party Start of term End of term
1st Miguel Casas Jr. Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Ricardo Kho Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Rolando Ty Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
1st Jerome Arcenal PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Carlos Chan PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Allan Tubis Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Edgar Igano PDP–Laban June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
2nd Gina Enage Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022
League Board member Party Start of term End of term
ABC Nonpartisan July 30, 2018 January 1, 2023
PCL Lynn Mckinnery[2] Nacionalista July 1, 2019 June 30, 2022
SK Nonpartisan June 8, 2018 January 1, 2023

Vice Governor

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Election
year
Name Party
2001 Carlos Chan
2004 Carlos Chan Lakas
2007 Lucila Curso Lakas
2010 Manuel Montejo Lakas–Kampi
2013 Eriberto Tubis, Jr. Liberal

1st District

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Election
year
Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Lucila Curso
(Lakas-CMD)
Elizar Sabitsana
(Lakas-CMD)
Getolio Solite
(Lakas-CMD)
Ricardo Kho
(Lakas-CMD)
2007 Eden Apolinar
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Eden Apolinar
(Nacionalista)
Martin Lagat
(Lakas-Kampi)
Bebiano Jadulco
(Lakas-Kampi)
Brigido Caneja III
(Nacionalista)
2013 Eden Apolinar
(Liberal)
Gerard Espina
(Liberal)
Bebiano Jadulco
(NPC)
Brigido Caneja III
(Liberal)

2nd District

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Election
year
Member (party) Member (party) Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Eriberto Tubis, Jr.
(Lakas-CMD)
Gina Enage
(Independent)
Rolando Sabornido
(Lakas-CMD)
Orencio Garvacio
(Lakas-CMD)
2007 Gina Enage
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Eriberto Tubis, Jr.
(Nacionalista)
Gina Enage
(Nacionalista)
Dominador Corpin
(Independent)
Lorenzo Reveldez, Jr.
(Nacionalista)
2013 Edgar Igano
(Liberal)
Rolando Sabornido
(Liberal)
Dominador Corpin
(Liberal)
Carlos Chan
(Independent)

References

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  1. ^ "LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-21.
  2. ^ "Various sectors attend federalism forum in Biliran". Biliran Blogs. 2017-08-24. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-19.