List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2004–09

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

 Summary of the 13 June 2004 Flemish Parliament election results
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
Party Main ideology Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
FLA BRU TOT
Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V) + New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) Christian democracy Yves Leterme 1,060,580 26.09 4.0 Increase 34 1 35 5 Increase
Flemish Block (VB) far-right Flemish nationalism Filip Dewinter 981,587 24.15 8.4 Increase 29 3 32 10 Increase
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) + Vivant (VIVANT) Liberalism Bart Somers 804,578 19.79 3.9 Decrease 24 1 25 2 Decrease
Socialist Party–Differently (SP.A) + Spirit (SPIRIT) Social democracy Frank Vandenbroucke 799,325 19.66 4.9 Increase 24 1 25 6 Increase
Green! (GROEN!) Green politics Rudi Daems 308,898 7.60 3.9 Decrease 6 0 6 6 Decrease
Union of Francophones (UF) Francophone minority politics Christian Van Eyken 43,391 1.07 0.1 Increase 1 0 1 0 Steady
Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 66,387 1.59 — 0 0 0 —
Valid votes 4,064,746 94.87
Blank and invalid votes 219,910 5.13
Totals 4,284,656 100.00 — 118 6 124 0 Steady
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout * 4,568,250 93.79 1.61 Increase
Notes: FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total / * = The number of registered voters is not known for the constituency to elect the Brussels Members of the Flemish Council (BMFC).
Consequently, the number of registered voters and the turnout for the Flemish Council considers only the 5 provincial constituencies, excluding the constituency BMFC.

By party

SP.A (22)

RepresentativeElectoral district
  1. FF0000"
 Jos Bex (ex Vl.Pro) ← B. Tobback Flemish Brabant
  1. FF0000"
 Gilbert Bossuyt West Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Bart Caron (ex Vl.Pro) ← Landuyt (SP.A) West Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Philippe De Coene ← Maes West Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Kurt De Loor East Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Else De Wachter Flemish Brabant
  1. FF0000"
 Michèle Hostekint Flemish Brabant
  1. FF0000"
 Jasmina Alajbegovic Antwerp
  1. FF0000"
 Flor Koninckx ← Vandenbroucke Flemish Brabant
  1. FF0000"
 Marcel Logist Flemish Brabant
  1. FF0000"
 Chokri Mahassine Limburg
  1. FF0000"
 Bart Martens[1] Antwerp
  1. FF0000"
 Els Robeyns ← Claes Limburg
  1. FF0000"
 Jan Roegiers (ex Vl.Pro) East Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Elke Roex ← Anciaux (ex Vl.Pro)Brussels
  1. FF0000"
 Ludo Sannen Limburg
  1. FF0000"
 Anissa Temsamani Antwerp
  1. FF0000"
 Bart Van Malderen ← van Nieuwenborg East Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 André Van Nieuwkerke[1] ← Vande Lanotte West Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Dany Vandenbossche ← Van den Bossche East Flanders
  1. FF0000"
 Joris Vandenbroucke (ex Vl.Pro) ← Stevaert Limburg
  1. FF0000"
 Jo Vermeulen ← Gennez ← Van Brempt Antwerp
  1. FF0000"
 Robert Voorhamme ← Detiège Antwerp

GROEN! (6)

RepresentativeElectoral 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)

RepresentativeElectoral 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)

RepresentativeElectoral district
Christian Van Eyken Flemish Brabant

Defunct party: SPIRIT → VL.PRO → SLP

RepresentativeNew affiliation
Bert AnciauxSP.A
Jos BexIndependent → SP.A
Bart CaronIndependent → Groen!
Dirk De Cock ← De Batselier (SP.A)Independent
Jan RoegiersIndependent → SP.A
Joris VandenbrouckeIndependent → SP.A
Els Van Weert
← Lauwers ← Vermeulen (SP.A) ← Van Weert		Independent

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

NameFractionConstituencyDate of resignationReplacementReason
Frank Van HeckeVlaams BelangAntwerp13 June 2004Christian VerougstraeteBecame member of European Parliament
Dirk SterckxOpen VLDAntwerp22 July 2004Jul Van AperenBecame member of European Parliament
Bert AnciauxSpiritBrussels-Capital Region22 July 2004Elke RoexBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Marino KeulenOpen VLDLimburg22 July 2004Laurence LibertBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Dirk Van MechelenOpen VLDAntwerp22 July 2004Marc van den AbeelenBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Kathleen Van BremptSP.AFlemish Brabant22 July 2004Caroline GennezBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Frank VandenbrouckeSP.AFlemish Brabant22 July 2004Flor KoninckxBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Inge VervotteCD&VAntwerp22 July 2004Cathy BerxBecame Flemish minister in Leterme I
Hendrik BogaertCD&VWest Flanders4 July 2007Martine FournierBecame federal representative
Jean-Marie DedeckerOpen VLDWest Flanders4 July 2007Patrick De KlerckBecame federal representative
Bart De WeverN-VAAntwerp4 July 2007Dirk de KortBecame federal representative
Etienne SchouppeCD&VEast Flanders4 July 2007Cindy FranssenBecame federal senator
Bart SomersOpen VLDAntwerp4 July 2007Hans SchoofsBecame federal representative
Steven VanackereCD&VBrussels-Capital Region4 July 2007Paul DelvaBecame federal representative
Linda VissersVlaams BelangLimburg4 July 2007Leo PietersBecame federal representative
Caroline GennezSP.AAntwerp31 December 2007Jo Vermeulen
Cathy BerxCD&VAntwerp25 April 2008Ward KennesBecame governor of Antwerp

Representatives who changed parties

NameDateOld partyNew party
Bart Caron3 February 2009SP.AIndependent

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 In 2007, this member of the Flemish Parliament also became a Community senator.


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