Élaine Ayotte is a

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politician and diplomat. She obtained her

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degree in Communications from the

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in 1987. She then pursued a

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degree, also in Communications, at

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, which she completed in 1990. Avotte was formerly a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of

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from 2009 to 2013."Another councillor defects from Vision Montreal"

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, June 4, 2013. She was appointed as Canada's ambassador and permanent delegate to

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on May 4, 2015."Élaine Ayotte est nommée ambassadrice du Canada à l'UNESCO"

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, May 4, 2015. She was first elected in the 2009 municipal election as a member of the

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party, defeating incumbent councillor

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. She was appointed to the

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, with responsibility for culture, heritage and design, in November 2012. 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."Élaine Ayotte ne se représentera pas"

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, September 3, 2013. Prior to her political career, Ayotte was a television journalist for

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and TQS.

References

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