Complex sentence: McFadyen served as policy director for the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives in the mid- 1990s, and was appointed principal secretary to Premier Gary Filmon in September 1998 after the resignation of Taras Sokolyk.
Split into simpler sentences: McFadyen served as policy director for the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party in the mid- 1990s. He was appointed as principal secretary to Premier Gary Filmon in September 1998, following the resignation of Taras Sokolyk.