Complex sentence: In 1962 he was elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly and sat in the body for ten years serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 1966 to 1972 when he resigned to run in the 1972 federal election.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1962 he was elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly and sat in the body for ten years. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 1966 to 1972 when he resigned to run in the 1972 federal election.