# Sid Prest

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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image        =
| name         = Sid Prest
| caption      = 
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = 
| office2      = [MLA](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) for [Eastern Shore](/source/Eastern_Shore_(electoral_district))
| term_start2  = June 9, 2009
| term_end2    = October 8, 2013
| predecessor2 = [Bill Dooks](/source/Bill_Dooks)
| successor2   = [Kevin Murphy](/source/Kevin_Murphy_(Canadian_politician))
| party        = [New Democrat](/source/Nova_Scotia_New_Democratic_Party)
| 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](/source/Canadians) politician, who was elected to the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) in the [2009 provincial election](/source/2009_Nova_Scotia_general_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](/source/Mooseland%2C_Nova_Scotia), and represented the electoral district of [Eastern Shore](/source/Eastern_Shore_(electoral_district)) as a member of the [New Democratic Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_New_Democratic_Party). Prest was defeated when he ran for re-election in the [2013 election](/source/2013_Nova_Scotia_general_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](/source/2013_Nova_Scotia_general_election)}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} 
|[Liberal](/source/Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party)
|[Kevin Murphy](/source/Kevin_Murphy_(Canadian_politician))
|align="right"|3,770
|align="right"|52.99
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} 
|[New Democratic Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_New_Democratic_Party)
|'''Sid Prest'''
|align="right"|1,922
|align="right"|27.01
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} 
|[Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia)
|Steve Brine
|align="right"|1,423
|align="right"|20.00
|align="right"|
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[2009 provincial election](/source/2009_Nova_Scotia_general_election)<br/>Eastern Shore}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} 
|[New Democratic Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_New_Democratic_Party)
|'''Sidney Prest'''
|align="right"|3,627
|align="right"|49.54
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} 
|[Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia)
|[Bill Dooks](/source/Bill_Dooks)
|align="right"|2,517
|align="right"|34.38
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} 
|[Liberal Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party)
|Loretta Day Halleran
|align="right"|968
|align="right"|13.47
|align="right"|
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Michael Marshall|192|2.62|&ndash;}}
|}

==References==
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Category:Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs
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