# 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

Seats :
| Party | 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 | Total | 4,064,746 | 100.00 | 118 | 6 | 124 | 13 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,064,746 | 94.87 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 219,910 | 5.13 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,284,656 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 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 | 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 ← 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 | 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 | 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 |