William George "Bill" Prest (2 April 1926 – 8 December 2012) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party in 1976 until 1992, former Gladstone Harbour Board member and once Gladstone mayor.Prest was born in Longreach, Queensland. In 1970, he stood for local council elections and was elected, he later became Gladstone's deputy mayor in 1975.