Walter Harold Covert Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4W0r6yz1-owC&dq=%22Walter+Harold+Covert%22&pg=PA152 The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart By Barry Cahill, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nc1_46gfHO4C&dq=%22Walter+Harold+Covert%22&pg=PR9 Fifty Years in the Practice of Law By Frank Manning Covert, Barry Cahill