Complex sentence: Hemming successfully ran provincially as a Conservative in the Drummond-Arthabaska riding in 1867, but was defeated in his re-election efforts of 1871 by the Liberal, Wilfrid Laurier.
Split into simpler sentences: Hemming successfully ran provincially as a Conservative in the Drummond-Arthabaska riding in 1867. He was defeated in his re-election efforts of 1871 by the Liberal, Wilfrid Laurier.