Payson Sherman

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Payson Alton Sherman
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(1889-08-14)August 14, 1889
Scotstown, Quebec
Died October 5, 1977(1977-10-05) (aged 88)
Scotstown, Quebec
Political party Conservative
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. [1]

The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished. Both were initially created by the Constitutional Act of 1791.

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Background

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

Scotstown, Quebec City in Quebec, Canada

Scotstown is a city in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 547.

New Hampshire State of the United States of America

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by area and the 10th least populous of the 50 states. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal income taxed at either the state or local level. The New Hampshire primary is the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto, "Live Free or Die". The state's nickname, "The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.

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.

The Conservative Party of Quebec was a political party in Quebec, Canada, from 1867 until 1936, when it merged with members of the Action libérale nationale to form the Union Nationale.

Compton was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

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.

Maurice Duplessis former Premier of Quebec

Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. He rose to power after uniting his Conservative party and the breakaway Action liberale nationale progressive faction of the Liberal party of Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, to form a new conservative party, the Union Nationale.

Union Nationale (Quebec) former political party in Quebec, Canada

The Union Nationale was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with Québécois autonomism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis, who led it until his death in 1959.

Mayor

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

Hampden, Quebec Township municipality in Quebec, Canada

Hampden is a township municipality of about 200 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

Estrie Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that mostly overlaps the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east".

Retirement

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

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References

  1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.