{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Sid Prest | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | office2 = MLA for Eastern Shore | term_start2 = June 9, 2009 | term_end2 = October 8, 2013 | predecessor2 = Bill Dooks | successor2 = Kevin Murphy | party = New Democrat | occupation = }}
'''Sidney Wilson Prest''' (1943–2015)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sidney W. 1943- 2015 Prest {{!}} In Memoriams {{!}} Obituaries |work=The Chronicle Herald |url=http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/in-memoriams/sidney-w-1943-2015-prest-11980/ |access-date=March 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|title=Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 10, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613061400/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|archivedate=June 13, 2009}}</ref> He was a lifelong resident of Mooseland, Nova Scotia, and represented the electoral district of Eastern Shore as a member of the New Democratic Party. Prest was defeated when he ran for re-election in the 2013 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1159376-tories-take-pictou-county-ridings-back-from-ndp|title=Tories take Pictou County ridings back from NDP|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062220/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1159376-tories-take-pictou-county-ridings-back-from-ndp|archivedate=October 14, 2013}}</ref> Prest died on December 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/1327765-prest-sidney-wilson|title=Prest, Sidney Wilson|work=The Chronicle Herald| accessdate=December 17, 2015}}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Kevin Murphy |align="right"|3,770 |align="right"|52.99 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |'''Sid Prest''' |align="right"|1,922 |align="right"|27.01 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Steve Brine |align="right"|1,423 |align="right"|20.00 |align="right"| |}
{{Election box begin | title=2009 provincial election<br/>Eastern Shore}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |'''Sidney Prest''' |align="right"|3,627 |align="right"|49.54 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Bill Dooks |align="right"|2,517 |align="right"|34.38 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal Party |Loretta Day Halleran |align="right"|968 |align="right"|13.47 |align="right"| |- {{CANelec|NS|Green|Michael Marshall|192|2.62|–}} |}
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