Complex sentence: He was one of only two Tory MPs elected from Quebec in the 1979 Canadian election that brought the Conservatives to power under Joe Clark and served as Minister of Supply and Services in the short-lived (1979-80) Clark government.
Split into simpler sentences: He was one of only two Tory MPs elected from Quebec in the 1979 election that brought the Conservatives to power under Joe Clark. La Salle served as Minister of Supply and Services in the short-lived (1979-80) Clark government.