1819. He sat on the left with the liberal opposition, and despite his age played a very active part in the debates. It was said that he was almost twice the age of eligibility for a deputy, and made as much noise as four or five. He voted against the emergency laws, the new electoral system and violations of the Charter of 1814. On 6 March 1820 he proposed a reform of the electoral system to reduce the opportunities for fraud, but this was rejected. He spoke against the censorship law and proposed many amendments to the budget to reduce expenditures. In the 1822 session he again attacked the press laws. He opposed the war in Spain. On 6 March 1824 Labbey de Pompières failed to be reelected for the college district of Aisne, but on 2 August 1824 was elected for the Saint-Quentin electoral district of Aisne. He continued to speak out against abuses. He was reelected on 17 November 1827. His position was that the previous ministers had isolated the king from the people. He was hostile to the Martignac ministry, and helped secure its downfall. He led the first session of the Chamber in 1830 as the oldest member. He was one of the 221 deputies who voted in March 1830 for an address hostile to the Ministry of Jules de Polignac, which led to the dissolution of the chamber. July Revolution Labbey de Pompières was reelected on 23 June 1830. The Ordinances of 25 July 1830 suspended the constitution. Paris was calm the next day, although there were stirrings of protest against the blows the ordinances had dealt against the powers of the legislators and the press. On 27 July 1831 the deputies present in Paris met at the house of Labbey de Pompières as the oldest member. They moved on to Casimir Pierre Périer's, but although they made speeches and were urged to act by Pierre-François Audry de Puyraveau, François Mauguin and Labbey de Pompières, they were unwilling to launch a protest. Labbey de Pompierres continued to agitate in different places in Paris during the July Revolution, and worked with all his power for the accession of Louis-Philippe. Labbey de Pompières thought that the abuses that he had fought would be swept away, and France would enter a new era. He was mistaken, as was his friend Benjamin Constant. The new government's policies did not