Complex sentence: Facal was promoted to cabinet on September 23,1998, as minister of Canadian intergovernmental affairs and was re-elected with an increased majority in the 1998 general election as the PQ won a second consecutive majority government.
Split into simpler sentences: Facal was promoted to cabinet on September 23,1998, as minister of Canadian intergovernmental affairs. He was re-elected with an increased majority in the 1998 general election as the PQ won a second consecutive majority government.