[2] The RdSL won ten out of twelve seats on council, and Bissonett initially served as a supporter of Renaud's administration.
The Montreal Island Citizens Union won a majority on council, and Bissonnet supported new mayor Gérald Tremblay's administration.
[5] She was deputy mayor from January to April 2002, from September to December 2002, and again from May to August 2003, and served on the Montreal Transit Corporation.
[6] She was re-elected in the 2005 municipal election also served as interim borough mayor of Saint-Leonard in 2008, following Zampino's resignation.
[7] In 2005, Bissonnet introduced a resolution at a meeting of the Saint-Leonard borough council to approve a twenty-year contract for the Dessau subsidiary Sogep to manage the community's parks, pavilions, and tennis courts.