List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2004–09

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

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)

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	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	Rudi Daems	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
	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

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