Complex sentence: He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the 2003 election by former MLA Frank Branch who had represented the area from 1970 to 1995 when he retired and did not seek re-election.
Split into simpler sentences: He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the 2003 election by former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Frank Branch. Branch had represented the area from 1970 to 1995, when he retired and did not seek re-election.