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♂ Payson A. Sherman
aliasPayson A. Sherman
Record
56456 · 10059

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 2 0 2
Birth 14 August 1889 → 134 years + 8 months ago
Lived 88 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 November 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 5 October 1977 → 46 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 11 months after 24 October 1939
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 3 10 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William J. Duffy  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,530 Votes: 5,432 Participation: 83.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16208(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 2,803 52.27% +243 Loser:
QLP
 2,560 47.73% William J. Duffy

Service: 8 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,585 Votes: 5,303 Participation: 80.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16298(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
UN
 1/2 3,157 59.75% +1,030 Loser:
QLP
 2,127 40.25% Stanley A. Banfill

Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,423 Votes: 5,157 Participation: 80.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16388(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
QLP
 2,455 47.93% William J. Duffy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Payson Alton Sherman		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Payson Sherman		 22 Oct 2023

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Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 18:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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