Hubert-Charron Cabana was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, politician, and office holder.

Born in Verchères

Verchères, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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, 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.