Hubert-Charron Cabana

Hubert-Charron Cabana
Born (1838-06-14)14 June 1838
Verchères, Lower Canada
Died 9 June 1901(1901-06-09) (aged 62)
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Occupation lawyer, journalist, politician, and 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 important to the history of Canada and particularly to the French-speaking population of the Eastern Townships. He had a significant legal career in Sherbrooke as one of its first French Canadian lawyers. He founded the first French-language newspaper in that city and became its first francophone mayor.

References

  • Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean, eds. (1994). "Hubert-Charron Cabana". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.


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