Complex sentence: Marcil worked as a journalist for the Montreal Gazette and several other newspapers until he ran unsuccesfully as a candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 1897 Quebec election before winning a seat in the federal parliament in 1900.
Split into simpler sentences: Marcil worked as a journalist for the "Montreal Gazette" and several other newspapers. He ran unsuccesfully as a candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 1897 provincial election before winning a seat in the federal parliament in 1900.