Frank Manning Covert, was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer.

Born in Canning

Canning, Nova Scotia

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, Kings County

Kings County, Nova Scotia

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, Nova Scotia

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, the son of Dr. A.M. Covert and Minnie A. (Clarke) Covert, he graduated from Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

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 in 1929 at the top of his class. He joined the law firm of Stewart McKeen in 1930 and became a partner in 1936. It later became Stewart McKelvey, the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada

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From 1940 to 1942, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply and was a protégé of the C.D. Howe. He enlisted in the RCAF in September 1942. On May 10, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

A well known corporate director, he served on more than 50 corporate boards, including the Royal Bank of Canada

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In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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 in recognition of having "shown outstanding ability in the field of industrial relations" and "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations."

In 2004 the book, Frank Manning Covert: Fifty Years in the Practice of Law, based on his diaries and edited by Barry Cahill was published by McGill-Queen's University Press

McGill-Queen's University Press

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In 1934, he married Mary L. Covert, the daughter of his uncle Walter Harold Covert

Walter Harold Covert

Walter Harold Covert, , was a corporate lawyer based in Nova Scotia, influential member of the Conservative Party and served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1931 to 1937....

, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1931-1937). They had four children: Michael, Peter, Susan and Sally.