| Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montcalm | |
| In office 1897–1908 | |
| Preceded by | Octave Magnan |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Sylvestre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 25, 1861 La Prairie, Canada East |
| Died | May 11, 1914 (aged 53) Saint-Esprit, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Children | Bernard Bissonnette |
Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette (February 25, 1861 – May 11, 1914) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montcalm in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1897 to 1908 as a Liberal.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
Montcalm was a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished. Both were initially created by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
He was born in La Prairie, Canada East, the son of Pierre Bissonnette and Esther Gélineau. He was educated at the Victoria medical school in Montreal, qualified as a physician in 1887 and set up practice in Saint-Esprit. In 1889, he married Juliette Lamarche. He was governor of the Quebec College of Physicians and Surgeons. Bissonnette served twelves years as a member of the provincial board of hygiene. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1908. Bissonnette was registrar for Montcalm County from 1908 to 1914. He died at Saint-Esprit at the age of 53.
La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 23,357.
Canada East was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of Canada was created by the Act of Union 1840 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having effect in 1841. For administrative purposes, the new Province was subdivided into Canada West and Canada East. The former name of "Lower Canada" came back into official use in 1849, and as of the Canadian Confederation of 1867, it formed the newly created province of Quebec.
Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters.
His son Bernard also served in the Quebec assembly.
Bernard Bissonnette was a lawyer, merchant, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1939 to 1944 as a Liberal. Bissonnette was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1942.
