Original sentence: A federal by-election will be held on March 17 2008.Former Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay was appointed as the Liberal candidate in his riding.On June 20, 2007 he announced his resignation from the House of Commons, which took effect July 12
Edited sentence: A federal by-election will be held on March 17 2008, only two years since the last election at a great expense to the Canadian taxpayers...On June 20, 2007, after only one short year since the last election, he let down his voters and he announced his resignation from the House of Commons, which took effect July 12