Complex sentence: In the 23 February 1953 elections he led Labor to victory over the two-term Liberal government of Sir Ross McLarty becoming Premier as well as Treasurer and Minister for Child Welfare and Industrial Development.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 23 February 1953 elections he led Labor to victory over the two-term Liberal government of Sir Ross McLarty. He then took up the positions of Premier-Treasurer and Minister for Child Welfare and Industrial Development.