Complex sentence: In 2017 Vellacott endorsed Brad Trost for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2017 his the second MP as of April 2017 to have endorsed Trost after Leon Benoit in March 2017.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2017 Vellacott endorsed Brad Trost for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2017. He was the second MP as of April 2017 to have endorsed Trost after Leon Benoit in March 2017.