Sidney Wilson Prest (1943–2015) was a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2009 provincial election. He was a lifelong resident of Mooseland, Nova Scotia, and represented the electoral district of Eastern Shore as a member of the

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. Prest was defeated when he ran for re-election in the 2013 election. Prest died on December 14, 2015.

Electoral record

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