Clement Joseph Bissonnette (born April 8, 1945) is an American politician in the state of Vermont. He was a member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

, sitting as a Democrat from the Chittenden-6-7 district, representing Winooski and part of

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...

. He was first elected in 2008. In September 2018, Bissonnette announced that he and his wife Sharon had decided to move to Guildhall, Vermont, so he would no longer be able to represent Winooski. However, because the move was sudden Bissonnette was still on the 2018 ballot in Winooski. He won reelection despite his plans to move. Bissonette initially said he would serve the term he was elected to, but ultimately resigned his seat moved to Guildhall in early 2019. Governor Phil Scott appointed

Hal Colston Hal Colston is an American Vermont Democratic Party, Democratic politician who represented Chittenden-6-7 district in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2019 until 2023. He retired from the house before the 2022 Vermont House of Representa ...

to replace Bissonnette for the 2019 and 2020 term.

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