Complex sentence: Born in Hebron, Nova Scotia, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 election as a Conservative MP and was a candidate at the 1927 Conservative leadership convention finishing in third place.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Hebron, Nova Scotia, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 election as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. He was a candidate for the Conservative Party leadership at the 1927 Conservative leadership convention, finishing in third place.