Arlon-Marche-Bastogne (Walloon Parliament constituency)

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Arlon-Marche-Bastogne
Walloon Parliament Constituency
Current constituency
Created 1995
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Arlon-Marche-Bastogne was a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Walloon Parliament from 1995 until 2019. It corresponds to the arrondissements of Arlon, Marche-en-Famenne and Bastogne.

A January 2018 decree merged both Luxembourg constituencies (Arlon-Marche-Bastogne and Neufchâteau-Virton) into one.

Representatives

ElectionMWP
(Party)
MWP
(Party)
MWP
(Party)
1995 André Bouchat
(CDH)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
(MR)
Jacques Santkin
(PS)
1999 Jean Bock
(PRL)
2004 Jacques Gennen
(PS)
2009 Anne-Catherine Goffinet
(CDH)
Malika Sonnet
(PS)
2014 Josy Arens
(CDH)
Eric Lejeune
(MR)
Philippe Courard
(PS)
2019 Merged into Arlon-Marche-en-Famenne-Bastogne-Neufchâteau-Virton

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