List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 1995–1999

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) Sonja Becq Georges Beerden Jan Béghin (25 September 1997) replaced Brigitte Grouwels (04-07-1995 – 22 September 1997) Leo Cannaerts Georges Cardoen Joachim Coens Carl Decaluwe (04-07-1995 – Leo Delcroix Jos De Meyer Paul Deprez Johan De Roo Mia De Schamphelaere Peter Desmet Michel Doomst (04-07-1995 – Paul Dumez (04-07-1995 – Veerle Heeren Kathleen Helsen replaced Herman Candries (31 January 1998) Hugo Marsoul Erik Matthijs Trees Merckx Marc Olivier Leonard Quintelier Freddy Sarens Eddy Schuermans (04-07-1995 – 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

VLD (27) Representative Province

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)

VB (17) Representative Province

VU (9) Representative Province (resigned in 1997) (resigned in 1998)

AGALEV (7) Representative Province

UF (1) Representative Province

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned Name Party Date Replacement Reason CVP 4 June 1995 Brigitte Grouwels Became Brussels minister in Picqué II SP 4 June 1995 Michiel Vandenbussche Became Brussels minister in Picqué II SP 20 June 1995 Peter Vanvelthoven Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV CVP 20 June 1995 Paul Dumez Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV CVP 20 June 1995 Eddy Schuermans Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV CVP 20 June 1995 Carl Decaluwé Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV SP 20 June 1995 Michiel Vandenbussche Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV SP 20 June 1995 Freddy De Vilder Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV CVP 20 June 1995 Herman Candries Became Flemish minister-president in Van den Brande IV CVP 20 June 1995 Michel Doomst Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV SP 1 October 1995 Jacky Maes VU 1 March 1997 Gerda Raskin Brigitte Grouwels CVP 22 September 1997 Jan Béghin Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV SP 28 September 1998 Peter Dufaux Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV VU 19 October 1998 Lieven Dehandschutter Became member of the European Parliament 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 11 June 1996 VB Independent