Élaine Ayotte

Élaine Ayotte is a Canadian politician and diplomat. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1987. She then pursued a Master of Arts degree, also in Communications, at McGill University, which she completed in 1990.[1]

Élaine Ayotte
Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin
In office November 2009 – November 2013
Preceded by	Carle Bernier-Genest
Succeeded by	Guillaume Lavoie
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO
Incumbent
Assumed office May 4, 2015
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Personal details
Political party	Vision Montréal (2009-2013) Independent (2013)
Residence(s)	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Avotte was formerly a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie from 2009 to 2013.[2] She was appointed as Canada's ambassador and permanent delegate to UNESCO on May 4, 2015.[3][4]

She was first elected in the 2009 municipal election as a member of the Vision Montréal party,[2] defeating incumbent councillor Carle Bernier-Genest. She was appointed to the Montreal Executive Committee, with responsibility for culture, heritage and design, in November 2012.[5] However, she left that caucus to sit as an independent councillor on June 4, 2013.[2] She did not run for reelection in the 2013 municipal election.[6]

Prior to her political career, Ayotte was a television journalist for TVA and TQS.[4]