Complex sentence: He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 Canadian election as a Liberal MP and served as Solicitor General of Canada from 1896 to 1902 and as Minister of Justice from 1902 until 1906.
Split into simpler sentences: He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 federal election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). He served as Solicitor General of Canada from 1896 to 1902, and as Minister of Justice from 1902 until 1906.