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

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ambassador". www.canadainternational.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31.
  2. 1 2 3 "Another councillor defects from Vision Montreal". CTV News, June 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Élaine Ayotte devient l'ambassadrice du Canada à l'UNESCO". La Presse, May 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Élaine Ayotte est nommée ambassadrice du Canada à l'UNESCO". TVA Nouvelles, May 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Conseil exécutif de Montréal : Élaine Ayotte sera nommée". La Presse, November 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Élaine Ayotte ne se représentera pas". Radio-Canada, September 3, 2013.
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