Complex sentence: Thomas Price (January 19 1852--May 31 1909) was a mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia in 1905, and retained the premiership at the 1906 elections, losing power at the 1910 election.
Split into simpler sentences: Thomas Price (January 19 1852--May 31 1909) was a mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia in 1905. Price came to power in 1905, retained the premiership at the 1906 election, and lost power at the 1910 election.