Frank Zampino is a former Montreal politician and is a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the executive committee of the Ville de Montréal and was the city's second-ranking official.

Early life

In 1976, Zampino graduated from

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, an English-language public school in the east end of

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Career

Pre-merger

After studies in

accountancy Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "langua ...

, Zampino served as

City Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

lor in Saint-Léonard from 1986 to 1990 and was elected

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of that city in 1990. He was re-elected without opposition in 1994 and 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Zampino was the president of the '' STCUM'' (Montreal's Transit Commission).

Post-merger

In the aftermath of the Province-Wide Municipal Merger of 2001-2002, Zampino joined Mayor

Gérald Tremblay Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942) is a former Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also served as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community. Before b ...

's Montreal Island Citizens Union municipal party. The organization is now known as ''Union Montreal''. In 2001, Zampino was elected to the city council of

and as Mayor of the Borough of Saint-Léonard. Since then, he has served as chairman of the executive committee of the city of Montreal, responsible for finances at the city of Montreal, and as a member of the executive committee of the

Montreal Metropolitan Community Greater Montreal (french: Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as with a ...

. In January 2004, Zampino was appointed by Mayor Tremblay to preside over the committee on finance, administrative and corporate services and strategic management. This same year, Zampino served as the honorary president of the Montreal Open, the annual

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. In 2005, Zampino remained one of the campaign leaders of Mayor

's political team. His efforts paid off and Zampino was re-elected as city councillor and borough mayor and was re-confirmed as chairman of the executive committee. In November 2005, Zampino referred to the mayoral administration as "the Tremblay-Zampino administration."

Retirement

On May 20, 2008, Zampino announced that he would retire from politics during the summer after his 22-year career. His resignation took effect on July 2, 2008. Executive Committee Vice-president Claude Dauphin succeeded him.

Corruption scandal

Zampino has been linked to a scandal that has engulfed municipal politics across Quebec since 2009. The

Charbonneau Commission The Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry (french: Commission d'enquête sur l'octroi et la gestion des contrats publics dans l'industrie de la construction, also known as the Charbonn ...

heard testimony that Zampino received a trip from Paolo Catania in return for helping Catania acquire land from the city corporation in the east end of Montreal. On May 17, 2012, Zampino was charged with fraud, conspiracy and breach of trust after a two-and-a-half-year long investigation related to awarding municipal contracts. The Faubourg Contrecoeur fraud trial, presided by Quebec Court Judge Yvan Poulin alone, began in February 2016, but was delayed. On May 2, 2018, Zampino was acquitted of all charges.

Honors

Zampino received the following: *

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of the

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from the Italian government, in 2003 * Fellow of the ''Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec'', in 2004 * Fellow of the Chartered Accountants

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(October 6, 2005) ''Expert accountants denounce Pierre Bourque's irresponsible campaign promises.''

References

External links

Official site - Mr. Frank Zampino, FCA, mayor of Saint-Léonard.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zampino, Frank Canadian people of Italian descent Mayors of places in Quebec Montreal city councillors Living people People from Saint-Leonard, Quebec Canadian accountants People acquitted of fraud Year of birth missing (living people)