List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 1995–1999 explained

This is a list of members of the Flemish Parliament between 1995 and 1999, following the (first) direct elections of 1995.

Composition

Party	Seats	Antwerp	Brussels	East Flanders	Flemish Brabant	Limburg	West Flanders
	Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij, CVP)	37	9	2	8	5	5	8
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, VLD)	27	6	1	7	5	3	5
	Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij, SP)	26	6	1	6	4	4	5
	Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok, VB)	17	7	2	3	2	1	2
	People's Union (Volksunie, VU)	9	2	0	2	2	1	2
	Agalev (AGALEV)	7	3	0	2	1	1	0
	Union of Francophones (Union des Francophones, UF)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
		124	33	6	28	20	15	22

By party

CVP (37)

1. 1. 1. Sonja Becq Georges Beerden Jan Béghin (25 September 1997) replaced Brigitte Grouwels (04-07-1995 – 22 September 1997)
         1. Leo Cannaerts Georges Cardoen Joachim Coens Carl Decaluwe (04-07-1995 –
            1. 1. 1. Leo Delcroix Jos De Meyer Paul Deprez Johan De Roo Mia De Schamphelaere Peter Desmet Michel Doomst (04-07-1995 –
2. Paul Dumez (04-07-1995 –
   1. Veerle Heeren Kathleen Helsen replaced Herman Candries (31 January 1998)
      1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Hugo Marsoul Erik Matthijs Trees Merckx Marc Olivier Leonard Quintelier Freddy Sarens Eddy Schuermans (04-07-1995 –
                     1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Herman Suykerbuyk John Taylor Maria Tyberghien-Vandenbussche Riet Van Cleuvenbergen Walter Vandenbossche Bart Vandendriessche Mark Van der Poorten Mieke Van Hecke Gilbert Vanleenhove Jef Van Looy Marc Van Peel Hugo Van Rompaey Johan Weyts

SP (26)

	Representative	Province
	(resigned in 1995)
	(resigned in 1995)
	(resigned in 1999)
	(resigned in 1998)
	(resigned in 1995, returned in 1999)
	(resigned in 1995)

VU (9)

	Representative	Province
	(resigned in 1997)
	(resigned in 1998)

UF (1)

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

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	Name	Party	Date	Replacement	Reason
		CVP	4 June 1995		Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
		SP	4 June 1995		Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
		SP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		CVP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		CVP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		CVP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		SP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		SP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		CVP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister-president in Van den Brande IV
		CVP	20 June 1995		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		SP	1 October 1995
		VU	1 March 1997
	Brigitte Grouwels	CVP	22 September 1997		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		SP	28 September 1998		Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
		VU	19 October 1998		Became member of the European Parliament
		SP	16 January 1999
	Michiel Vandenbussche	SP	2 March 1999	Anne Van Asbroeck