Payson Alton Sherman

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Payson Alton Sherman was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Member of the Legislature 3 Mayor 4 Retirement 5 Footnotes

[edit] Background

He was born in Scotstown, Eastern Townships on August 14, 1889 and got married to Margaret Muir in New Hampshire in 1914.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Mayor

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

[edit] Retirement

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

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by William James Duffy (Liberal)	MLA, District of Compton 1935-1939	Succeeded by William James Duffy (Liberal)