Complex sentence: McDonough inherited a party which had won just nine seats in the 1993 federal election, but in the 1997 election, her first as leader, the party won 21 seats, including a historic breakthrough in the Atlantic provinces.
Split into simpler sentences: McDonough inherited a party that had won just nine seats in the 1993 federal election. In the 1997 election, her first as leader, the party won 21 seats, including a historic breakthrough in the Atlantic provinces.