Complex sentence: He was the Member of Parliament representing the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997 initially as a Progressive Conservative and later as an Independent and Canada's ambassador to Haiti from 1997 to 2001.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the Member of Parliament representing the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997, initially as a Progressive Conservative and later as an Independent. He later served as Canada's ambassador to Haiti from 1997 to 2001.