Michel Bissonnet

Michel Bissonnet
MNA for Jeanne-Mance
In office 1981–2003
Preceded by	Henri Laberge
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MNA for Jeanne-Mance—Viger
In office 2003–2008
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Filomena Rotiroti
Personal details
Born	March 28, 1942 (1942-03-28) (age 69) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal Party of Québec
Residence	Quebec City
Profession	Attorney
Cabinet	President of the National Assembly of Québec

Michel Bissonnet, MNA (born March 28, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician who served as Liberal member and President (House Speaker) of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Background

Bissonnet obtained a license in law at Université de Montréal in 1976 and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec the following year. Prior to his years as a lawyer, he worked for the City of Montreal for 17 years in various positions including archivist and assistant office manager.

NDP candidate

Bissonnet was formerly involved in the federal New Democratic Party and its Quebec wing, the defunct Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec. He was a candidate in the 1967 federal by-election for that party in the district of Papineau. He finished third with 15% of the vote. Liberal candidate André Ouellet was elected.

City politics

He ran as an Action Laval candidate for the city council of Laval in 1969 and served as mayor of Saint-Léonard from 1978 to 1981.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

Bissonnet successfully ran as the Liberal candidate in the district of Jeanne-Mance in the 1981 election. He was re-elected in the 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1998 elections. He also won re-election in the merged district of Jeanne-Mance—Viger in 2003 and 2007.

Speaker

He served as Vice-President of the National Assembly during his third term of office from 1989 to 1994, Assistant Whip of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and Third Vice-President of the National Assembly during his fifth term from 1999 to 2003. He became the President of the National Assembly (Speaker of the House) after the Liberal victory in 2003. In 2007, Bissonnet was reconfirmed as President of the National Assembly.

Borough Mayor

In July 2008, Bissonnet announced that he would leave provincial politics and run again for the mayoral position of Saint-Léonard, now a borough of Montreal following the 2002 amalgamation. He had become of the longest serving MNA's of the 38th National Assembly, even though he had never been appointed to the Cabinet.^[1]

Bissonnet ran under Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay's Union Montreal label. An election had been called to fill the position in the aftermath of the resignation of Frank Zampino. Bissonnet was elected with 94.3% of the vote in September 2008, against Livio DiCelmo of Projet Montréal.^[2]

See also

• National Assembly of Quebec
• Politics of Quebec

Footnotes

1. ^ Michel Bissonnet doit confirmer sa démission lundi - LCN - National
2. ^ Victoire écrasante de Michel Bissonnet, La Presse, Montreal, September 22, 2008

External links

• National Assembly biography

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Louise Harel (PQ)	President of the National Assembly of Quebec 2003-2008	Succeeded by François Gendron
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Saintonge (Liberal) Louise Bégin (Liberal)	Deputy President of the National Assembly of Quebec with Lawrence Cannon (Liberal) (1989-1990), Roger Lefebvre (Liberal) (1990-1994) and Michel Tremblay (Liberal) (1994-1994) 1989-1994	Succeeded by Pierre Bélanger (PQ) Raymond Brouillet (PQ)
Preceded by Raymond Brouillet (PQ) Claude Pinard (PQ)	Deputy President of the National Assembly of Quebec with Raymond Brouillet (PQ) (1999-2003), Claude Pinard (PQ) (1999-2002) and François Beaulne (PQ) (2002-2003) 1999-2003	Succeeded by Christos Sirros (Liberal) Diane Leblanc (Liberal) François Gendron (PQ)
Political offices
Preceded by Jean Di Zazzo	Mayor of Saint-Léonard, Montreal 1974-1978	Succeeded by Antonio Di Ciocco
Preceded by Frank Zampino (Union Montreal)	Mayor of the Borough of Saint-Léonard, Montreal 2008–Current	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Bissonnet, Michel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 28, 1942
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death
Place of death

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