Payson Alton Sherman (August 14, 1889 – October 5, 1977) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]
Payson Alton Sherman | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Compton | |
In office 1935–1939 | |
Preceded by | William James Duffy |
Succeeded by | William James Duffy |
Personal details | |
Born | Scotstown, Quebec | August 14, 1889
Died | October 5, 1977 Scotstown, Quebec | (aged 88)
Political party | Conservative Union Nationale |
Background edit
He was born in Scotstown, Quebec on August 14, 1889 and married Margaret Muir in New Hampshire in 1914.
Member of the legislature edit
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 edit
He served as school board member, city councillor and from 1947 to 1957 Mayor of Hampden, Quebec in the Eastern Townships.
Retirement edit
He co-founded the Compton County Historical Society in 1959 and died on October 5, 1977.
References edit
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.