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: (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[]

Summary of the 13 June 2004 Flemish Parliament election results
Party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats			+/–
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
Party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	FLA	BRU	TOT	+/–
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V) + New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	Christian democracy	Yves Leterme	1,060,580	26.09	4.0	34	1	35	5
	Flemish Block (VB)	far-right Flemish nationalism	Filip Dewinter	981,587	24.15	8.4	29	3	32	10
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) + Vivant (VIVANT)	Liberalism	Bart Somers	804,578	19.79	3.9	24	1	25	2
	Socialist Party–Differently (SP.A) + Spirit (SPIRIT)	Social democracy	Frank Vandenbroucke	799,325	19.66	4.9	24	1	25	6
	Green! (GROEN!)	Green politics		308,898	7.60	3.9	6	0	6	6
	Union of Francophones (UF)	Francophone minority politics	Christian Van Eyken	43,391	1.07	0.1	1	0	1	0
	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
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				* 4,568,250	93.79	1.61
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)[]

	Representative	Electoral district
	(ex Vl.Pro) ← B. Tobback	Flemish Brabant
	Gilbert Bossuyt	West Flanders
	(ex Vl.Pro) ← Landuyt (SP.A)	West Flanders
	←	West Flanders
		East Flanders
		Flemish Brabant
		Flemish Brabant
		Antwerp
	← Vandenbroucke	Flemish Brabant
		Flemish Brabant
		Limburg
	Bart Martens^[1]	Antwerp
	←	Limburg
	Jan Roegiers (ex Vl.Pro)	East Flanders
	Elke Roex ← Anciaux (ex Vl.Pro)	Brussels
		Limburg
		Antwerp
	←	East Flanders
	André Van Nieuwkerke^[1] ← Vande Lanotte	West Flanders
	Dany Vandenbossche ← Van den Bossche	East Flanders
	(ex Vl.Pro) ← Stevaert	Limburg
	← Gennez ← Van Brempt	Antwerp
	← Detiège	Antwerp

GROEN! (6)[]

	Representative	Electoral district
		Antwerp
	Vera Dua^[1]	East Flanders
		Flemish Brabant
		East Flanders
	Jef Tavernier	West Flanders
	Mieke Vogels	Antwerp

N-VA (5)[]

	Representative	Electoral district
	Geert Bourgeois ← ← 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
		Independent → SP.A
		Independent → Groen!
	← (SP.A)	Independent
	Jan Roegiers	Independent → SP.A
		Independent → SP.A
	← ← (SP.A) ← Van Weert	Independent

Changes during the legislature[]

Representatives who resigned[]

Name	Fraction	Constituency	Date of resignation	Replacement	Reason
	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp	13 June 2004	Christian Verougstraete	Became member of European Parliament
Dirk Sterckx	Open VLD	Antwerp	22 July 2004		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		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
Dirk Van Mechelen	Open VLD	Antwerp	22 July 2004		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		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		Became federal representative
Jean-Marie Dedecker	Open VLD	West Flanders	4 July 2007		Became federal representative
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Antwerp	4 July 2007		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		Became federal representative
Steven Vanackere	CD&V	Brussels-Capital Region	4 July 2007		Became federal representative
Linda Vissers	Vlaams Belang	Limburg	4 July 2007	Leo Pieters	Became federal representative
Caroline Gennez	SP.A	Antwerp	31 December 2007
Cathy Berx	CD&V	Antwerp	25 April 2008		Became governor of Antwerp

Representatives who changed parties[]

	Name	Date	Old party	New party
		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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