Michel Bissonnet
| Michel Bissonnet | |
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| MNA for Jeanne-Mance | |
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In office 1981–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Henri Laberge |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MNA for Jeanne-Mance–Viger | |
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In office 2003–2008 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Filomena Rotiroti |
| Borough mayor for St. Leonard and Montreal City Councillor | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Zampino |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 28, 1942 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party |
Quebec Liberal Party (provincial) Union Montreal (2008-2013) Independent (2013) Équipe Denis Coderre (2013-) |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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