Complex sentence: Mark Colvin's second wife, married 1987, is Michele McKenzie, community activist and Leichhardt Council elected in 2004, Deputy Mayor for four terms from 2008, elected as The Greens councillor in 2012 for a four-year term.
Split into simpler sentences: Mark Colvin's second wife, married 1987, is Michele McKenzie, community activist and councillor for Leichhardt, elected in 2004 and Deputy Mayor for four terms from 2008. She was elected as The Greens councillor in 2012 for a four-year term.