Complex sentence: His father, the late Ric Nordman, served as the city councillor for St. Charles Ward from 1974 to 1981 and as the provincial MLA for Assiniboia from 1981 to 1988.
Split into simpler sentences: His father, the late Ric Nordman, served as the city councillor for St. Charles Ward from 1974 to 1981. Later, Ric served as the provincial MLA for the constituency of Assiniboia from 1981 to 1988.