Harvey Alfred Veniot was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Pictou West

Pictou West

Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Charlie Parker of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party ....

 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1956 to 1974 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Pictou is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km north of the larger town of New Glasgow....

, the son of Alexander R. Veniot and Gladys Maclean, and was educated at Pictou Academy

Pictou Academy

Pictou Academy , founded in 1816 by the late Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a liberal nonsectarian college, a grammar school, an academy and then a secondary school. Pictou Academy's current principal is James Ryan. The...

, Saint Francis Xavier University, Dalhousie Law School

Dalhousie Law School

The Schulich School of Law is part of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Formerly called Dalhousie Law School, it was established in 1883, making it the oldest university-affiliated common law school in the Commonwealth. It is the primary law school in Atlantic Canada and...

 and the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1940. Veniot married Rhoda Marion MacLeod in 1942. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1953. In 1960, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. Veniot was Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1961 to 1968. He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Agriculture in 1968 and Minister of Municipal Affairs in 1969. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1974 and returned to the practice of law. In 1979, he was named judge in the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia

Provincial Court of Nova Scotia

The Provincial Court of Nova Scotia is the inferior court for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. There are twenty-three Justices and one Chief Justice on the bench, who sit in one of 33 locations over the province.The Justices are appointed by the province....

. At one time, Veniot served as solicitor for the town of Pictou.

The Harvey A. Veniot Causeway at Pictou was named after him.