Complex sentence: It was not uncommon for family members to take over parliamentary electorates upon the death of a family member Vincent Ward had taken over from his father Joseph in the Invercargill electorate in 1930.
Split into simpler sentences: It was not uncommon for family members to take over parliamentary electorates upon the death of a family member. For example, Vincent Ward had taken over from his father Joseph in the Invercargill electorate in 1930.