Michael D. Bissonnette

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Michael D. Bissonnette is the former mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts. [1] Bissonnette was first elected mayor in a landslide in the November 2005 election after he defeated embattled mayor Richard Goyette, who had been arrested weeks prior on federal extortion charges. [2] Bissonnette served as mayor from 2006 through 2013, but was unseated by Richard J. Kos, who had previously served as mayor, [3] in the 2013 general election. [4]

After leaving the mayor's office, he served as interim DPW director for the Town of Greenfield from November 2014 until May 2015. [5] He challenged Kos to a rematch in 2015 [6] but was unsuccessful. [7] He returned to his law practice shortly thereafter. In 2019 Kos announced he would not seek re-election and Bissonnette was one of several candidates to run for the seat. [8] He was eliminated in the City's preliminary election in September of 2019. [9]

Bissonnette lives in Chicopee with his wife Erin. [10]

Chicopee is a city in Western Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the total population is 54,653.

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor Bissonnette's Office". chicopeema.gov. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bissonnette bests embattled mayor in Chicopee - The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette settles charges over election fracas". masslive. July 22, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Former Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos ousts incumbent Mayor Michael Bissonnette from office". masslive. November 6, 2013. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ McKIERNAN, Kathleen (November 14, 2014). "Former Chicopee mayor to head DPW temporarily". Greenfield Recorder. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "In Chicopee Mayoral Race, A Rematch For Kos, Bissonnette And Voters". digital.nepr.net. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Kos beats Bissonnette by 2-1 margin in Chicopee election". masslive. November 4, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ Dobbs, G. Michael (August 7, 2019). "Former Mayor Michael Bissonnette enters 2019 mayoral race". Reminder Publications. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Chicopee election: John Vieau and Joseph Morissette win top spots for mayor". masslive. September 18, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette, Erin Bresnahan announce engagement". masslive. August 16, 2013. Retrieved February 29, 2020.


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