Phineas Lovett (May 15, 1745 – June 17, 1828) was a farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia.
[1] He was born in Massachusetts, the son of Phineas Lovett Sr. and Beulah Morse, and came to Nova Scotia with his family during the 1760s.
Lovett was high sheriff for the county, justice of the peace and lieutenant-colonel in the militia.
While his father became a patriot,[2] Lovett Jr. defended the town during the American Revolution, particularly in the Raid on Annapolis Royal (1781).
He was elected to the provincial assembly for Annapolis County a second time in 1808 following the death of Henry Rutherford.