Southern Leyte Provincial Board
# Southern Leyte Provincial Board

The Southern Leyte Provincial Board (Cebuano: Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Habagatang Leyte) is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Southern Leyte.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two legislative 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 also elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

## District apportionment

| Election Year | No. of seats per district | No. of seats per district | Ex officio seats | Total seats |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Election Year | 1st | 2nd | Ex officio seats | Total seats |
| 2004–2010 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013–2016 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |

## Current members

### Vice Governor

* Christopherson Yap, Liberal - Presiding Officer

### District Board Members

| District | Name | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1st | Margarita Bantug | Liberal | 1 |
| 1st | Jessica Marie Escaño-Pano | Liberal | 2 |
| 1st | Fe Edillo | Liberal | 1 |
| 1st | Adriano Idjao | Liberal | 1 |
| 2nd | Abelardo Almario | Liberal | 3 |
| 2nd | Aileen Estrera | Liberal | 2 |
| 2nd | Myra Rentuza | UNA | 1 |
| 2nd | Leoncio Uy III | Liberal | 1 |

### Ex officio Board Members

| Name | Provincial Federation |
| - | - |
| Ronel Gabriel | League of Barangays of the Philippines |
| Alex Lim | Philippine Councilors' League |

## List of members

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, Councilors' League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.

However, with the recent controversy regarding the role of the Sangguniang Kabataan and the proposed amendments to the Local Government Code, specifically the Sangguniang Kabataan provisions, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial chapter president does not currently serve as an ex officio member of the Provincial Board.

### Vice Governor

| Election year | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1998 | Eva Tomol | NPC |
| 2001 | Eva Tomol | NPC |
| 2004 | Miguel Maamo II | NPC |
| 2007 | Miguel Maamo II | Lakas |
| 2010 | Miguel Maamo II | Lakas–Kampi |
| 2013 | Sheffered Lino Tan | Liberal |
| 2016 | Christopherson Yap | Liberal |

### 1st District

* City: Maasin
* Municipalities: Bontoc, Limasawa, Macrohon, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, Tomas Oppus
* Population (2015): 197,392

| Election year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Eva Tomol (NPC) | Agustin Escaño, Jr. (Lakas–CMD) | Arturo Bascug (NPC) | Cesar Rey (NPC) |
| 2007 | Albert Esclamado (Lakas–CMD) | Agustin Escaño, Jr. (KAMPI) | Cesar Rey (Lakas–CMD) | Teopisto Rojas, Jr. (Lakas–CMD) |
| 2010 | Albert Esclamado (Lakas-Kampi) | Cesar Rey (Lakas-Kampi) | Felicula Escaño (Lakas-Kampi) | Teopisto Rojas, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi) |
| 2013 | Albert Esclamado (NUP) | Alan Jose Aroy (NUP) | Felicula Escaño (NUP) | Teopisto Rojas, Jr. (NUP) |
| 2013 | Albert Esclamado (NUP) | Alan Jose Aroy (NUP) | Jessica Marie Escaño-Pano (NUP) | Teopisto Rojas, Jr. (NUP) |
| 2016 | Jessica Marie Escaño-Pano (Liberal) | Fe Edillo (Liberal) | Margarita Bantug (Liberal) | Adriano Idjao (Liberal) |

    ^1 Died in office, July 21, 2014.
    ^2 Replaced her late grandmother; appointed on 11 March 2015, took oath of office on 30 March 2015.

### 2nd District

* City: none
* Municipalities: Anahawan, Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, Sogod
* Population (2015): 224,358

| Election year | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) | Member (party) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Jason Calva (NPC) | Orlando Tan (Lakas–CMD) | Florentino Fernandez, Jr. (PMP) | Amalia Yap (PMP) |
| 2007 | Jason Calva (Lakas–CMD) | Roberto Lagumbay (Lakas–CMD) | Daisy Gamale (NPC) | Florentino Fernandez, Jr. (Lakas–CMD) |
| 2010 | Roberto Lagumbay (Lakas-Kampi) | Daisy Gamale (Lakas-Kampi) | Florentino Fernandez, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi) | Abelardo Almario (Lakas-Kampi) |
| 2013 | Daisy Gamale (NUP) | Miguel Maamo II (NUP) | Abelardo Almario (NUP) | Aileen Estrera (NUP) |
| 2016 | Abelardo Almario (Liberal) | Leoncio Uy III (Liberal) | Aileen Estrera (Liberal) | Myra Rentuza (UNA) |

### Ex officio members

**Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation**

| Election year | Name |
| - | - |
| 2007 | Florentino Lubang |
| 2010 | Sarah Dampog |
| 2013 | Alex Lim |
| 2016 | Alex Lim |

**League of Barangays of the Philippines Provincial Federation**

| Election year | Name |
| - | - |
| 2007 | Nacional Mercado |
| 2010 | Nacional Mercado |
| 2013 | Nacional Mercado |
| 2013 | Ronel Gabriel |

    ^1 Replaced Mercado as LnBP Provincial President when Mercado was elected Mayor of Maasin, Southern Leyte in 2016.

**Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation**

| Election year | Name |
| - | - |
| 2007 | Joyce Mejia |
| 2010 | Janine Petracorta |
