List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2004–09 explained

Flemish Parliament, 2004–09
Body:	Flemish Parliament
Meeting Place:	Brussels
Election:	13 June 2004
Government:	Until June 2007: Leterme Govt. From June 2007: Peeters I Govt.
Membership1:	124
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber1 Leader1:	Until 12 July 2006: Norbert De Batselier (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.

By party

SP.A (22)

	Representative	Electoral district
	Jos Bex (ex Vl.Pro) ← B. Tobback
	(ex Vl.Pro) ← Landuyt (SP.A)
	Philippe De Coene ← Maes
	Flor Koninckx ← Vandenbroucke
	Els Robeyns ← Claes
	Jan Roegiers (ex Vl.Pro)
	Elke Roex ← Anciaux (ex Vl.Pro)	Brussels
	Bart Van Malderen ← van Nieuwenborg
	André Van Nieuwkerke ← Vande Lanotte
	Dany Vandenbossche ← Van den Bossche
	Joris Vandenbroucke (ex Vl.Pro) ← Stevaert
	Jo Vermeulen ← Gennez ← Van Brempt
	Robert Voorhamme ← Detiège

N-VA (5)

	Representative	Electoral district
	← Loones ← Bourgeois
	^[1]

Defunct party: SPIRIT → VL.PRO → SLP

	Representative	New affiliation
		SP.A
		Independent → SP.A
		Independent → Groen!
	← De Batselier (SP.A)	Independent
		Independent → SP.A
		Independent → SP.A
	← Lauwers ← Vermeulen (SP.A) ← Van Weert	Independent

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

	Name	Fraction	Constituency	Date of resignation	Replacement	Reason
				13 June 2004		Became member of European Parliament
				22 July 2004		Became member of European Parliament
		Spirit		22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				22 July 2004		Became Flemish minister in Leterme I
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				4 July 2007		Became federal senator
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				4 July 2007		Became federal representative
				31 December 2007
				25 April 2008		Became governor of Antwerp

Representatives who changed parties

Notes and References

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