Complex sentence: Larry Walter Sutherland (15 April 1951--21 June 2005) was a New Zealand politician, and an MP from 1987 to 1999, representing the Labour Party.
Split into simpler sentences: Larry Walter Sutherland (15 April 1951--21 June 2005) was a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1987 to 1999, representing the Labour Party.