Frank Manning Covert, OC OBE DFC QC (January 13, 1908 – November 1, 1987) was a Canadian lawyer.
Born in Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia, the son of Dr.
(Clarke) Covert, he graduated from Dalhousie University in 1929 at the top of his class.
In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada 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.
"[1] 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.