Complex sentence: He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on May 9,1974 and ran for re-election in the 1974 federal election without party affiliation, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Elzinga.
Split into simpler sentences: He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on May 9,1974, and ran for re-election in the 1974 federal election without party affiliation. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Elzinga.