Hilaire Schoonjans
His father was an alderman and founded the local political party CVP. Schoonjans became chairman of that local political party. After the Lochristi merger in 1977, Schoonjans became alderman in Lochristi. Between 1992 and 2000 Schoonjans was mayor of Lochristi. When he was a mayor, he still held his function ad ACEC. During his time as mayor, the "General Plan of Construction" (in Dutch: Algemeen Plan van Aanleg, APA) was realized. It took 7 years to realize it. It resulted in new colored residential zones, from which the later allotments grew. There was space for agriculture and horticulture. Later in life Hilaire stated that he was very proud of the plan and what resulted from it.