Complex sentence: He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Beaver River electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party--however, he was terminally stricken with pancreatic cancer and never saw the first day of the 34th Canadian Parliament.
Split into simpler sentences: He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Beaver River electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. But the member-elect was terminally stricken with pancreatic cancer and never saw the first day of the 34th Canadian Parliament.