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♂ Sidney W. Prest
aliasSidney W. Prest
Record
50672 · 4076

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Birth c. 1943 → 81 years ago
Lived ± 72 years
First mandate 9 June 2009 → 14 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 66 years
Death 14 December 2015 → 8 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 2 months after 7 October 2013
Special notes
None
 
Sidney W. Prest (c.1943–2015)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 3 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ William Dooks  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Kevin S. Murphy  m 
 
Eligible: 9,918 Votes: 6,859 Participation: 69.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1285(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±60
NDP
 2/3 2,427 35.56% -646 Winner:
PC
 3,073 45.02% William Dooks
Eligible: 11,358 Votes: 7,045 Participation: 62.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 506(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±63
NDP
 2/4 2,871 40.80% -361 Winner:
PC
 3,232 45.93% William Dooks
Eligible: 12,078 Votes: 7,392 Participation: 61.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6142(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±66
NDP
 1/4 3,628 49.22% +1,071 Loser:
PC
 2,557 34.69% William Dooks

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,797 Votes: 7,181 Participation: 60.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7227(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±70
NDP
 2/3 1,922 27.01% -1,848 Winner:
LIB
 3,770 52.99% Kevin S. Murphy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Prest, Sidney Wilson (p. 230)		 24 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sid Prest		 24 Jan 2024

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