Complex sentence: In 1856 he was elected to the first parliament under responsible government as the member for Cook and Westmoreland and in August was made Attorney General in the first ministry of Charles Cowper.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1856 he was elected to the first parliament under responsible government as the member for Cook and Westmoreland. In August 1856 he was made Attorney General in the first ministry of Charles Cowper.