Sid Prest

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Sid Prest

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| office2 = MLA for Eastern Shore

| term_start2 = June 9, 2009

| term_end2 = October 8, 2013

| predecessor2 = Bill Dooks

| successor2 = Kevin Murphy

| party = New Democrat

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Sidney Wilson Prest (1943–2015){{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}} was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election.{{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}} 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.{{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}} Prest died on December 14, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/1327765-prest-sidney-wilson|title=Prest, Sidney Wilson|work=The Chronicle Herald| accessdate=December 17, 2015}}