Complex sentence: He was elected in 1935, joining fellow Ratana MP Eruera Tirikatene and in 1936 joined the Labour Party as Ratana and Labour formed a political alliance.
Split into simpler sentences: He was elected in 1935, joining fellow Ratana MP Eruera Tirikatene. In 1936, he joined the New Zealand Labour Party as Ratana and Labour formed a political alliance.