Complex sentence: Unusually for an incumbent, Pitt faced three challengers for the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953, defeating K. Williams of Melita, F.C. Ramsey of Waskada, and C.S. Murray of Lyleton.
Split into simpler sentences: Unusually for an incumbent, Pitt faced three challengers for the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953. He defeated K. Williams of Melita, F.C. Ramsey of Waskada, and C.S. Murray of Lyleton.