Sid Prest Explained

Sid Prest
Office2:MLA for Eastern Shore
Term Start2:June 9, 2009
Term End2:October 8, 2013
Predecessor2:Bill Dooks
Successor2:Kevin Murphy

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

|- |Liberal|Kevin Murphy|align="right"|3,770|align="right"|52.99|align="right"||- |New Democratic Party|Sid Prest|align="right"|1,922|align="right"|27.01|align="right"||- |Progressive Conservative|Steve Brine|align="right"|1,423|align="right"|20.00|align="right"||}

|- |New Democratic Party|Sidney Prest|align="right"|3,627|align="right"|49.54|align="right"||- |Progressive Conservative|Bill Dooks|align="right"|2,517|align="right"|34.38|align="right"||- |Liberal Party|Loretta Day Halleran|align="right"|968|align="right"|13.47|align="right"||-|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sidney W. 1943- 2015 Prest In Memoriams Obituaries . The Chronicle Herald . March 14, 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced. The Chronicle Herald. June 10, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090613061400/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html. June 13, 2009.
  3. Web site: Tories take Pictou County ridings back from NDP. The Chronicle Herald. October 8, 2013. January 24, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062220/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1159376-tories-take-pictou-county-ridings-back-from-ndp. October 14, 2013.
  4. Web site: Prest, Sidney Wilson. The Chronicle Herald. December 17, 2015.