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 ScotiaThe 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 being 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.Fifty Years in the Practice of Law By Frank Manning Covert, Barry Cahill
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