Payson Sherman
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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.
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