Complex sentence: Boyd was appointed to the Council of the Northwest Territories in 1872 (remaining a member until the Council's 1875 restructuring), and briefly rejoined the Manitoba executive as the province's first Minister of Education (March-October 1873).
Split into simpler sentences: Boyd was appointed to the Council of the Northwest Territories in 1872, and remained a member until the Council's 1875 restructuring. He briefly rejoined the Manitoba executive as the province's first Minister of Education (March-October 1873).