List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 1995–99

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. Sonja Becq
2. Georges Beerden
3. Jan Béghin (25 September 1997) replaced Brigitte Grouwels (04-07-1995 – 22 September 1997)
4. Leo Cannaerts
5. Georges Cardoen
6. Joachim Coens
7. Carl Decaluwe (04-07-1995 –
8. Leo Delcroix
9. Jos De Meyer
10. Paul Deprez
11. Johan De Roo
12. Mia De Schamphelaere
13. Peter Desmet
14. Michel Doomst (04-07-1995 –
15. Paul Dumez (04-07-1995 –
16. Veerle Heeren
17. Kathleen Helsen replaced Herman Candries (31 January 1998)
18. Hugo Marsoul
19. Erik Matthijs
20. Trees Merckx
21. Marc Olivier
22. Leonard Quintelier
23. Freddy Sarens
24. Eddy Schuermans (04-07-1995 –
25. Herman Suykerbuyk
26. John Taylor
27. Maria Tyberghien-Vandenbussche
28. Riet Van Cleuvenbergen
29. Walter Vandenbossche
30. Bart Vandendriessche
31. Mark Van der Poorten
32. Mieke Van Hecke
33. Gilbert Vanleenhove
34. Jef Van Looy
35. Marc Van Peel
36. Hugo Van Rompaey
37. Johan Weyts

VLD (27)

	Representative	Province
	Avontroodt, YolandeYolande Avontroodt	Antwerp
	Beysen, WardWard Beysen	Antwerp
	Bril, LouisLouis Bril	West Flanders
	Browaeys, JosephJoseph Browaeys	East Flanders
	Ceysens, PatriciaPatricia Ceysens	Flemish Brabant
	Cordeel, MarcMarc Cordeel	East Flanders
	De Groot, EtienneEtienne De Groot	Antwerp
	De Gucht, KarelKarel De Gucht	East Flanders
	De Maght-Aelbrecht, AnnieAnnie De Maght-Aelbrecht	East Flanders
	Demeulenaere, JulienJulien Demeulenaere	West Flanders
	Denys, AndréAndré Denys	East Flanders
	Deswaene, RolandRoland Deswaene	East Flanders
	Devolder, JacquesJacques Devolder	West Flanders
	Feytons, FreddyFreddy Feytons	Limburg
	Gabriels, JaakJaak Gabriels	Limburg
	Goovaerts, LeoLeo Goovaerts	Brussels
	Keulen, MarinoMarino Keulen	Limburg
	Lachaert, PatrickPatrick Lachaert	East Flanders
	Laverge, JacquesJacques Laverge	West Flanders
	Platteau, StefaanStefaan Platteau	Flemish Brabant
	Ramoudt, DidierDidier Ramoudt	West Flanders
	Van Aperen, ArnoldArnold Van Aperen	Antwerp
	Vanderpoorten, MarleenMarleen Vanderpoorten	Antwerp
	Van Lindt, SonjaSonja Van Lindt	Flemish Brabant
	Van Mechelen, DirkDirk Van Mechelen	Antwerp
	Verlinden, MandusMandus Verlinden	Flemish Brabant
	Vermeiren, FrancisFrancis Vermeiren	Flemish Brabant

SP (26)

	Representative	Province
	Baldewijns, EddyEddy Baldewijns (resigned in 1995)	Limburg
	Bossuyt, GilbertGilbert Bossuyt	West Flanders
	De Batselier, NorbertNorbert De Batselier	East Flanders
	De Loor, HermanHerman De Loor	East Flanders
	Alajbegovic, JasminaJasmina Alajbegovic	Antwerp
	Dielens, FredFred Dielens	Flemish Brabant
	Gesquiere, MarcelMarcel Gesquiere (resigned in 1995)	West Flanders
	Goos, JohnnyJohnny Goos	West Flanders
	Hostekint, PatrickPatrick Hostekint	West Flanders
	Kenzeler, AndréAndré Kenzeler	Limburg
	Lindekens, KathyKathy Lindekens	Antwerp
	Lisabeth, CarlosCarlos Lisabeth	East Flanders
	Logist, MarcelMarcel Logist	Flemish Brabant
	Maximus, LydiaLydia Maximus (resigned in 1999)	Antwerp
	Sleeckx, JefJef Sleeckx	Antwerp
	Stevaert, SteveSteve Stevaert (resigned in 1998)	Limburg
	Swennen, GuyGuy Swennen	Limburg
	Swinnen, RenéRené Swinnen	Flemish Brabant
	Timmermans, JacquesJacques Timmermans	East Flanders
	Tobback, BrunoBruno Tobback	Flemish Brabant
	Van Asbroeck, AnneAnne Van Asbroeck (resigned in 1995, returned in 1999)	Brussels
	Van den Bossche, LucLuc Van den Bossche (resigned in 1995)	East Flanders
	Van Nieuwenborgh, GracienneGracienne Van Nieuwenborgh	East Flanders
	Van Nieuwkerke, AndréAndré Van Nieuwkerke	West Flanders
	Van Wallendael, TuurTuur Van Wallendael	Antwerp
	Voorhamme, RobertRobert Voorhamme	Antwerp

VB (17)

	Representative	Province
	Aers, WilfriedWilfried Aers	East Flanders
	Caubergs, JanJan Caubergs	Limburg
	Creyelman, FrankFrank Creyelman	Antwerp
	De Reuse, HermanHerman De Reuse	West Flanders
	Dewinter, FilipFilip Dewinter	Antwerp
	Dillen, MarijkeMarijke Dillen	Antwerp
	Huybrechts, PieterPieter Huybrechts	Antwerp
	Lootens-Stael, DominiekDominiek Lootens-Stael	Brussels
	Penris, JanJan Penris	Antwerp
	Strackx, FelixFelix Strackx	Flemish Brabant
	Van Hauthem, JorisJoris Van Hauthem	Flemish Brabant
	Van Nieuwenhuysen, LukLuk Van Nieuwenhuysen	Antwerp
	Van Overmeire, KarimKarim Van Overmeire	East Flanders
	Van Walleghem, RoelandRoeland Van Walleghem	Brussels
	Verougstraete, ChristianChristian Verougstraete	West Flanders
	Verrijken, MielMiel Verrijken	Antwerp
	Wymeersch, FransFrans Wymeersch	East Flanders

VU (9)

	Representative	Province
	Bogaert, Jean-MarieJean-Marie Bogaert	West Flanders
	Kuijpers, WillyWilly Kuijpers (resigned in 1997)	Flemish Brabant
	Lauwers, HermanHerman Lauwers	Antwerp
	Maes, NellyNelly Maes (resigned in 1998)	East Flanders
	Sauwens, JohanJohan Sauwens	Limburg
	Vandenbroeke, ChrisChris Vandenbroeke	West Flanders
	Van Dijck, KrisKris Van Dijck	Antwerp
	Van Grembergen, PaulPaul Van Grembergen	East Flanders
	Van Vaerenbergh, EtienneEtienne Van Vaerenbergh	Flemish Brabant

AGALEV (7)

	Representative	Province
	Dua, VeraVera Dua	East Flanders
	Geysels, JosJos Geysels	Antwerp
	Malcorps, JohanJohan Malcorps	Antwerp
	Sannen, LudoLudo Sannen	Limburg
	Stassen, JosJos Stassen	East Flanders
	Van Den Heuvel, RiaRia Van Den Heuvel	Antwerp
	Verwimp, CecileCecile Verwimp	Flemish Brabant

UF (1)

	Representative	Province
	Van Eyken, ChristianChristian Van Eyken	Flemish Brabant

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

	Name	Party	Date	Replacement	Reason
	Chabert, JosJos Chabert	CVP	4 June 1995	Brigitte Grouwels	Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
	Grijp, RufinRufin Grijp	SP	4 June 1995	Michiel Vandenbussche	Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
	Baldewijns, EddyEddy Baldewijns	SP	20 June 1995	Peter Vanvelthoven	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Demeester, WivinaWivina Demeester	CVP	20 June 1995	Paul Dumez	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Kelchtermans, TheoTheo Kelchtermans	CVP	20 June 1995	Eddy Schuermans	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Martens, LucLuc Martens	CVP	20 June 1995	Carl Decaluwé	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Van Asbroeck, AnneAnne Van Asbroeck	SP	20 June 1995	Michiel Vandenbussche	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Van den Bossche, LucLuc Van den Bossche	SP	20 June 1995	Freddy De Vilder	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Van den Brande, LucLuc Van den Brande	CVP	20 June 1995	Herman Candries	Became Flemish minister-president in Van den Brande IV
	Van Rompuy, EricEric Van Rompuy	CVP	20 June 1995	Michel Doomst	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Gesquiere, MarcelMarcel Gesquiere	SP	1 October 1995	Jacky Maes
	Kuijpers, WillyWilly Kuijpers	VU	1 March 1997	Gerda Raskin
	Brigitte Grouwels	CVP	22 September 1997	Jan Béghin	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Stevaert, SteveSteve Stevaert	SP	28 September 1998	Peter Dufaux	Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
	Maes, NellyNelly Maes	VU	19 October 1998	Lieven Dehandschutter	Became member of the European Parliament
	Maximus, LydiaLydia Maximus	SP	16 January 1999	Marc De Laet
	Michiel Vandenbussche	SP	2 March 1999	Anne Van Asbroeck

Representatives who changed parties

	Name	Date	Old party	New party
	Caubergs, JanJan Caubergs	11 June 1996	VB	Independent