Complex sentence: By mid 1932 the New Guard was largely a spent force, though it drifted into the mid 1930s, contested the state 1935 election (under the name of the Centre Party), and even enjoyed an after life as a bogey in the early 1970s.
Split into simpler sentences: By mid 1932 the New Guard was largely a spent force, though it drifted into the mid 1930s. It contested the state 1935 election (under the name of the Centre Party) and even enjoyed an after life as a bogey in the early 1970s.