| Élaine Ayotte | |
| Residence: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Office1: | Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin |
| Term Start1: | November 2009 |
| Term End1: | November 2013 |
| Predecessor1: | Carle Bernier-Genest |
| Successor1: | Guillaume Lavoie |
| Office2: | Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO |
| Term Start2: | May 4, 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Jean-Pierre Blackburn |
| Party: | Vision Montréal (2009-2013) Independent (2013) |
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, 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. 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]