Harvey Veniot

Harvey Alfred Veniot
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia
In office
February 8, 1961 – April 11, 1968
Preceded byW. S. Kennedy Jones
Succeeded byG. H. (Paddy) Fitzgerald
MLA for Pictou West
In office
1956–1974
Preceded byStewart W. Proudfoot
Succeeded byDan Reid
Personal details
Born(1915-11-18)November 18, 1915
Pictou, Nova Scotia
DiedOctober 2, 2009(2009-10-02) (aged 93)
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
OccupationAttorney

Harvey Alfred Veniot, QC (November 18, 1915 – October 2, 2009) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1974 as a Progressive Conservative member.[1]

Veniot was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander R. Veniot and Gladys Maclean, and was educated at Pictou Academy, St. Francis Xavier University, Dalhousie Law School and the University of Saskatchewan.[2] He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1940.[3] Veniot married Rhoda Marion MacLeod in 1944.[2]

  1. ^ "Electoral History for Pictou West". Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 225. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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