| Thuin | |
|---|---|
| Walloon Parliament Constituency | |
 Thuin within Hainaut | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Seats | 3 |
Thuin is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Walloon Parliament since 1995. It corresponds to the Arrondissement of Thuin.
| Election | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Willy Burgeon (PS) | Daniel Ducarme (PRL) | Bernard Baille (Ecolo) | |||
| 1999 | André Navez (PS) | Michel Huin (PRL) | Paul Furlan (PS) | |||
| 2004 | Françoise Fassiaux-Looten (PS) | Laurent Devin (PS) | ||||
| 2009 | Yves Binon (MR) | Virginie Gonzalez-Moyano (PS) | ||||
| 2014 | Paul Furlan (PS) | Marie-Françoise Nicaise (MR) | ||||
| 2019 | Merged into Charleroi-Thuin | |||||
Thuin is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Adalbert was the Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1047 until his death the next year. He was the first son of Gerard (Gerhard) de Bouzonville, Count of Metz, and Gisela (Gisella), possibly a daughter of Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine. Gerard's father Adalbert had inherited the county of Metz from his brother Gerhard of the Moselle.
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The ASVi is a tramway museum in Thuin in Belgium, which specialises in the history of the Belgian narrow gauge Vicinal system. The museum includes an operating museum tram line which runs from Thuin to Lobbes.
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General elections were held in Belgium on 29 August 1831. They were the first elections to the new bicameral parliament created by the constitution adopted in February 1831.
Hourpes is a hamlet of Wallonia in the municipality and district of Thuin, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
James Thomas DeVoss was an American philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1981.
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Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953) was a Belgian graphic artist.
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Charleroi-Thuin was a constituency used to elect members of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1995 and 2003.
Thuin was a constituency used to elect members of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1831 and 1991.
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