Lesley Frances Elliott MNZM (née Scott; 27 October 1946 – 20 November 2022) was a New Zealand nurse and the founder and chairperson of the Sophie Elliott Foundation, an organisation that educated New Zealanders on the signs of abuse in personal relationships.
[3][4][5][6] She became engaged to Gilbert Stanley Elliott in 1966, and they married at St Mary's Anglican Church in New Plymouth in 1968.
[3] Towards the end of her life, Elliott suffered from Parkinson's disease and dementia, and she died in Dunedin on 20 November 2022, aged 76.
[9] She also won a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International and the Next Woman of the Year title.
In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the prevention of domestic violence.