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Payson Sherman

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Preceded by
  
William James Duffy

Died
  
October 5, 1977

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Payson Sherman

Succeeded by
  
William James Duffy


Born
  
August 14, 1889 Scotstown, Quebec (
1889-08-14
)

Political party
  
Conservative Party of Quebec, Union Nationale

Payson Alton Sherman (August 14, 1889 – October 5, 1977) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

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Background

He was born in Scotstown, Quebec on August 14, 1889 and married Margaret Muir in New Hampshire in 1914.

Member of the legislature

Sherman ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Compton in the 1935 election and won against Liberal incumbent William James Duffy.

He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He did not run for re-election in the 1939 election.

Mayor

He served as school board member, city councillor and from 1947 to 1957 Mayor of Hampden, Quebec in the Eastern Townships.

Retirement

He co-founded the Compton County Historical Society in 1959 and died on October 5, 1977.

References

Payson Sherman Wikipedia