Léandre Desmaisières

His military background, public esteem he enjoyed made him successively elected captain, major, and finally on 13 June 1831, colonel of the second legion of The services rendered by Leander Desmaisières came under difficult circumstances, all of which increased greatly its recognition and popularity in Ghent.

In this meeting called to practice the principles of constitutional liberty passed by Congress, Leander Desmaisières was, for several consecutive years, in charge of the budget report of the war, including that of 1838.

In 1837, the member for Ghent was selected for Rapporteur of the commission to investigate defects in the legislation on sugars; the conclusions of the report are adopted after a lively discussion.

MP Ghent was the rapporteur of the central section to the bill that increased the admission of foreign paintings (Act of 1834), which was a simple right balance of one percent from the Dutch fare.

He was convinced that the major powers of the world made rather generous conditions in the 1839 Tready of London and thus he voted in favor with reservations which were granted in part by the conference, particularly as regards the boundaries of Luxembourg the following gauging barrels fixing entitlement to the Scheldt and the Terneuzen canal.