Sid Prest
MLA for Eastern Shore
In office
June 9, 2009 – October 8, 2013
Preceded byBill Dooks
Succeeded byKevin Murphy
Personal details
Political partyNew Democrat

Sidney Wilson Prest (1943–2015)[1] was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election.[2] 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.[3] Prest died on December 14, 2015.[4]

Electoral record

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Kevin Murphy 3,770 52.99
  New Democratic Party Sid Prest 1,922 27.01
  Progressive Conservative Steve Brine 1,423 20.00
2009 provincial election
Eastern Shore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Sidney Prest 3,627 49.54
  Progressive Conservative Bill Dooks 2,517 34.38
  Liberal Party Loretta Day Halleran 968 13.47
GreenMichael Marshall1922.62–

References

  1. ↑ "Sidney W. 1943- 2015 Prest | In Memoriams | Obituaries". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced". The Chronicle Herald. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tories take Pictou County ridings back from NDP". The Chronicle Herald. October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Prest, Sidney Wilson". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved December 17, 2015.


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