Complex sentence: Within the Australian Labor Party, Kernot narrowly won one election as the ALP candidate for Dickson at the 1998 Federal Election, before losing it at the 2001 Federal Election to the Liberal Party candidate, Peter Dutton.
Split into simpler sentences: Within the Australian Labor Party, Kernot narrowly won one election as the ALP candidate for Dickson at the 1998 Federal Election. Kernot lost Dickson at the 2001 Federal Election to the Liberal Party candidate, Peter Dutton.