Sid Prest

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]

Sid Prest
MLA for Eastern Shore
In office June 9, 2009 – October 8, 2013
Preceded by	Bill Dooks
Succeeded by	Kevin Murphy
Personal details
Political party	New Democrat

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
	Green	Michael Marshall	192	2.62	–