Complex sentence: George W. Cotton (1882-1892) was a Member of the Legislative Council in South Australia, and a champion of the scheme to put working men onto small blocks (around 20 acres) on which they could carry out agricultural production.
Split into simpler sentences: George W. Cotton (1882-1892) was a Member of the Legislative Council in South Australia. He was a champion of the scheme to put working men onto small blocks (around 20 acres) on which they could carry out agricultural production.