Walter Harold Covert | |
Order: | 16th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia |
Term Start: | October 5, 1931 |
Term End: | April 7, 1937 |
Predecessor: | Frank Stanfield |
Successor: | Robert Irwin |
Governor General: | The Earl of Bessborough The Lord Tweedsmuir |
Premier: | Gordon Sidney Harrington Angus Lewis Macdonald |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1865 |
Birth Place: | Musquash, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Spouse: | Mary Jane "Minnie" Covert (née McColough) |
Party: | Conservative Party |
Occupation: | businessman and lawyer |
Profession: | Politician |
Walter Harold Covert (September 13, 1865 – May 13, 1949) was a corporate lawyer based in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an influential member of the Conservative Party and served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia[1] from 1931 to 1937.
As well as being head of a large Halifax law firm, Covert served as president of Nova Scotia Light and Power.[1]
He was the uncle and father-in-law of Frank Manning Covert.[2]