Walter Harold Covert (September 13, 1865 – May 13, 1949), was a corporate lawyer based in
Nova Scotia
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, influential member of the
Conservative Party
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, and served as the
16th
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Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
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[The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart By Barry Cahill, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History]
page 153 from 1931 to 1937.
As well as head of a large Halifax law firm, Covert served as president of
Nova Scotia Light and Power
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.
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He was the uncle and father-in-law of Frank Manning Covert.Fifty Years in the Practice of Law By Frank Manning Covert, Barry Cahill]
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References
1865 births
1949 deaths
Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia
Lawyers in Nova Scotia
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