Hubert-Charron Cabana | |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1838 |
Birth Place: | Verchères, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
Occupation: | Lawyer Journalist Politician Office holder |
Hubert-Charron Cabana (14 June 1838 - 9 June 1901) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, politician, and office holder.
Born in Verchères, Lower Canada, Cabana was one of the first French-Canadian lawyers in Sherbrooke.[1] He founded the first French-language newspaper in that city, called Le Pionnier de Sherbrooke, and became its first francophone mayor.
He was appointed consulting counsel on 26 June 1883 and elected Bâtonnierof Saint-François district in May 1884.
He died in Sherbrooke on June 9, 1901.