List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2004–09

Flemish Parliament, 2004–09
Flemish Parliament, 2004–09
Overview
Legislative body	Flemish Parliament
Meeting place	Brussels
Term	July 2004 – April 2009
Election	13 June 2004
Government	Until June 2007: Leterme Govt.; From June 2007: Peeters I Govt.
Members	124
Speaker	Until 12 July 2006: Norbert De Batselier (sp.a); From 13 July 2006: Marleen Vanderpoorten (VLD)

This is a list of members of the Flemish Parliament in the 2004–2009 legislature.

The government majority was formed by a coalition of CD&V/N-VA, sp.a-Spirit and VLD-Vivant. Vlaams Blok and Groen! were thus the opposition parties, along with one French-speaking representative.

Election results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Flanders	Brussels	Total	+/-
	Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance	1,060,580	26.09	34	1	35	+5
	Flemish Block	981,587	24.15	29	3	32	+10
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant	804,578	19.79	24	1	25	-2
	Socialist Party Differently-Spirit	799,325	19.66	24	1	25	+6
	Groen!	308,898	7.60	6	–	6	-6
	Union of Francophones	43,391	1.07	1	–	1	–
	Workers' Party of Belgium+	22,874	0.56	–	–	–	–
	Belgische Unie – Union Belge	9,535	0.23	–	–	–	–
	National Front	7,388	0.18	–	–	–	–
	Solide	6,033	0.15	–	–	–	–
	Respect	5,227	0.13	–	–	–	–
	MDP	4,187	0.10	–	–	–	–
	PvdD	2,640	0.06	–	–	–	–
	Left Socialist Party	2,509	0.06	–	–	–	–
	STA OP	1,821	0.04	–	–	–	–
	B.U.B.	1,723	0.04	–	–	–	–
	Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde	1,332	0.03	–	–	–	–
	MRV	761	0.02	–	–	–	–
	VDB	357	0.01	–	–	–	–
Total		4,064,746	100.00	118	6	124	13

Valid votes		4,064,746	94.87
Invalid/blank votes		219,910	5.13
Total votes		4,284,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,568,250	93.79
Source: Belgian Elections

By party

SP.A (22)

	Representative	Electoral district
	Jos Bex (ex Vl.Pro) ← B. Tobback	Flemish Brabant
	Gilbert Bossuyt	West Flanders
	Bart Caron (ex Vl.Pro) ← Landuyt (SP.A)	West Flanders
	Philippe De Coene ← Maes	West Flanders
	Kurt De Loor	East Flanders
	Else De Wachter	Flemish Brabant
	Michèle Hostekint	Flemish Brabant
	Jasmina Alajbegovic	Antwerp
	Flor Koninckx ← Vandenbroucke	Flemish Brabant
	Marcel Logist	Flemish Brabant
	Chokri Mahassine	Limburg
	Bart Martens^[1]	Antwerp
	Els Robeyns ← Claes	Limburg
	Jan Roegiers (ex Vl.Pro)	East Flanders
	Elke Roex ← Anciaux (ex Vl.Pro)	Brussels
	Ludo Sannen	Limburg
	Anissa Temsamani	Antwerp
	Bart Van Malderen ← van Nieuwenborg	East Flanders
	André Van Nieuwkerke^[1] ← Vande Lanotte	West Flanders
	Dany Vandenbossche ← Van den Bossche	East Flanders
	Joris Vandenbroucke (ex Vl.Pro) ← Stevaert	Limburg
	Jo Vermeulen ← Gennez ← Van Brempt	Antwerp
	Robert Voorhamme ← Detiège	Antwerp

GROEN! (6)

	Representative	Electoral district
	Rudi Daems	Antwerp
	Vera Dua^[1]	East Flanders
	Eloi Glorieux	Flemish Brabant
	Jos Stassen	East Flanders
	Jef Tavernier	West Flanders
	Mieke Vogels	Antwerp

N-VA (5)

	Representative	Electoral district
	Geert Bourgeois ← Loones ← Bourgeois	West Flanders
	Mark Demesmaeker	Flemish Brabant
	Jan Peumans	Limburg
	Helga Stevens^[1]	East Flanders
	Kris Van Dijck	Antwerp

UF (1)

	Representative	Electoral district
	Christian Van Eyken	Flemish Brabant

Defunct party: SPIRIT → VL.PRO → SLP

	Representative	New affiliation
	Bert Anciaux	SP.A
	Jos Bex	Independent → SP.A
	Bart Caron	Independent → Groen!
	Dirk De Cock ← De Batselier (SP.A)	Independent
	Jan Roegiers	Independent → SP.A
	Joris Vandenbroucke	Independent → SP.A
	Els Van Weert ← Lauwers ← Vermeulen (SP.A) ← Van Weert	Independent

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

Name	Fraction	Constituency	Date of resignation	Replacement	Reason
Frank Van Hecke	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp	13 June 2004	Christian Verougstraete	Became member of European Parliament
Dirk Sterckx	Open VLD	Antwerp	22 July 2004	Jul Van Aperen	Became member of European Parliament
Bert Anciaux	Spirit	Brussels-Capital Region	22 July 2004	Elke Roex	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Marino Keulen	Open VLD	Limburg	22 July 2004	Laurence Libert	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Dirk Van Mechelen	Open VLD	Antwerp	22 July 2004	Marc van den Abeelen	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Kathleen Van Brempt	SP.A	Flemish Brabant	22 July 2004	Caroline Gennez	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Frank Vandenbroucke	SP.A	Flemish Brabant	22 July 2004	Flor Koninckx	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Inge Vervotte	CD&V	Antwerp	22 July 2004	Cathy Berx	Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Hendrik Bogaert	CD&V	West Flanders	4 July 2007	Martine Fournier	Became federal representative
Jean-Marie Dedecker	Open VLD	West Flanders	4 July 2007	Patrick De Klerck	Became federal representative
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Antwerp	4 July 2007	Dirk de Kort	Became federal representative
Etienne Schouppe	CD&V	East Flanders	4 July 2007	Cindy Franssen	Became federal senator
Bart Somers	Open VLD	Antwerp	4 July 2007	Hans Schoofs	Became federal representative
Steven Vanackere	CD&V	Brussels-Capital Region	4 July 2007	Paul Delva	Became federal representative
Linda Vissers	Vlaams Belang	Limburg	4 July 2007	Leo Pieters	Became federal representative
Caroline Gennez	SP.A	Antwerp	31 December 2007	Jo Vermeulen
Cathy Berx	CD&V	Antwerp	25 April 2008	Ward Kennes	Became governor of Antwerp

Representatives who changed parties

	Name	Date	Old party	New party
	Bart Caron	3 February 2009	SP.A	Independent

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d In 2007, this member of the Flemish Parliament also became a Community senator.

[Senator-1] In 2007, this member of the Flemish Parliament also became a Community senator.

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