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Walter Harold Covert

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Preceded by
  
Frank Stanfield

Succeeded by
  
Robert Irwin

Role
  
Lawyer

Name
  
Walter Covert

Nationality
  
Canadian


Monarch
  
George V Edward VIII George VI

Governor General
  
The Earl of Bessborough The Lord Tweedsmuir

Premier
  
Gordon Sidney Harrington Angus Lewis Macdonald

Born
  
September 13, 1865 Musquash, Nova Scotia (
1865-09-13
)

Spouse(s)
  
Mary Jane "Minnie" Covert (nee McColough)

Died
  
May 13, 1949, Dartmouth, Canada

Political party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Walter Harold Covert, (September 13, 1865 – May 13, 1949), was a corporate lawyer based in Nova Scotia, influential member of the Conservative Party and served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1931 to 1937.

As well as head of a large Halifax law firm, Covert served as president of Nova Scotia Light and Power.

He was the uncle and father-in-law of Frank Manning Covert.

References

Walter Harold Covert Wikipedia