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| name= Robert Liborio Zambito
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| office1=[[Montreal City Council]]lor for Saint-Léonard-Est
| term_start1=2009
| term_end1=2013
| predecessor1=[[Yvette Bissonnet]]
| successor1=[[Domenico Moschella]]
| office2=[[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Leonard]] Borough Councillor for Saint-Léonard-Est<br /><small>Known as Grande-Prairie before 2005</small>
| term_start2=2001
| term_end2=2009
| predecessor2=position created
| successor2=Lili-Anne Tremblay
| office3=[[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Leonard]] City Councillor, Ward Ten
| term_start3=1998
| term_end3=2001
| predecessor3=redistribution<ref>Reports from the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' indicate that the Saint-Leonard city council was reduced from twelve to ten members in 1998. [[Domenico Moschella]] had held the Ward Ten seat before redistribution; in 1998, he was re-elected in Ward Four. See Mike King, "Zampino, 8 councillors acclaimed in St. Leonard," ''Montreal Gazette'', 18 October 1994, A6; Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino Series: Civic Elections '98," ''Montreal Gazette'', 15 October 1998, A6.</ref>
| successor3=position eliminated
| office4=[[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Leonard]] City Councillor, Ward Twelve
| term_start4=1986
| term_end4=1998
| predecessor4=[[Maurice Benoît]]
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| party= [[Union Montreal]] <small>(2001-2013)</small><br />Independent <small>(2013-)</small>
| otherparty = [[With Monti for Italy]]<br/>[[Forza Italia]]<br/>[[Parti Municipal (Saint-Léonard)|Parti Municipal]]<br/>[[Ralliement de Saint-Léonard]]<br/>[[Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec]]
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'''Robert Liborio Zambito''' is a politician in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He was a municipal councilor, most recently serving on
[[Montreal city council]] representing Saint-Léonard-Est as a member of the [[Union Montreal]] party between 2009 and 2013.

==Early life and private career==
Zambito was born in [[Italy]].<ref>[http://lightfromshadow.com/iitaly/378/candidato-al-senato-liborio-zambito Candidato al Senato: Liborio Zambito], Italian/American Digital Project, accessed 17 July 2011.</ref> He was a land surveyor in the 1980s and was described as president of Ciment National Inc. and Entreprises de construction Stertalco Inc. in 1986. He later worked as a travel-agency operator and real-estate broker.<ref>David Wimhurst, "Dorion: Three candidates feel they can win riding," ''Montreal Gazette'', 29 November 1985, A7; Debbie Parkes, "Five new candidates join St. Leonard mayor's slate," ''Montreal Gazette'', 2 October 1986, X8; Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," ''Montreal Gazette'', 15 October 1998, A6; Jeff Heinrich, "When in St. Leonard, do as the Romans," ''Montreal Gazette'', 5 March 2006, A3.</ref>

==Early political career==
Zambito was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec]] candidate in the [[1985 Quebec general election|1985 provincial election]], running in the Montreal division of [[Dorion (provincial electoral district)|Dorion]]. He focused his campaign on subsidized housing, community services for the elderly, and improved services at the city's Jean Talon Hospital. The Progressive Conservatives did not have a strong provincial base in Quebec, and Zambito finished fourth against [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Violette Trépanier]] on election day.<ref>David Wimhurst, "Dorion: Three candidates feel they can win riding," ''Montreal Gazette'', 29 November 1985, A7; "How the province voted, riding-by-riding," ''Montreal Gazette'', 3 December 1985, C6.</ref>

Zambito was narrowly elected to the [[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Leonard]] city council in the [[1986 Saint-Leonard municipal election|1986 municipal election]], winning as a [[Ralliement de Saint-Léonard]] (RdSL) candidate in the city's twelfth ward.<ref>Debbie Parkes, "Renaud wipes out St. Leonard opposition," ''Montreal Gazette'', 3 November 1986, A8.</ref> The RdSL won a majority on council, and Zambito initially supported mayor [[Raymond Renaud]]. In May 1988, Zambito and seven other councillors, led by [[Frank Zampino]], charged that Renaud's administration was undemocratic and resigned from the party to sit as independents.<ref>Amorell Saunders, "Eight St. Leonard city councillors quit mayor's 'undemocratic' party," ''Montreal Gazette'', 5 May 1988, A3.</ref>

Frank Zampino later consolidated the rebel group as the [[Parti Municipal (Saint-Leonard)|Parti municipal]] and was elected as Saint-Leonard's mayor in the [[1990 Saint-Leonard municipal election|1990 municipal election]]. Zambito was re-elected to council as a Parti municipal candidate in 1990, [[1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election|1994]] and [[1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election|1998]].<ref>Mike King, "Zampino, 8 councillors acclaimed in St. Leonard," ''Montreal Gazette'', 18 October 1994, A6; Irwin Block, "Second acclamation in a row for Zampino," ''Montreal Gazette'', 15 October 1998, A6.</ref>

==Post-amalgamation==
All municipalities on the [[Island of Montreal]] were amalgamated into a single government in 2001, and Saint-Leonard became part of the new city of Montreal. Zambito was elected to the [[Saint-Leonard borough council]] in the [[2001 Montreal municipal election|2001 municipal election]] as a candidate of the [[Montreal Island Citizens Union]], which was later renamed as Union Montreal.<ref>John MacFarlane and Angus Loten, "'We showed who's boss': Team Tremblay captures the east," ''Montreal Gazette'', 5 November 2001, A7.</ref> He was re-elected in [[2005 Montreal municipal election|2005]] and was elected to a seat on the Montreal city council in the [[2009 Montreal municipal election|2009 municipal election]].

In 2003 Zambito was up for re-election in St-Leonard and  joined newly formed political party Equipe Coderre after his former party [[Union Montreal]], under the former Mayor Gerald Tremblay, applied for dissolution after several raids were conducted by Montreal's anti-corruption squad (UPAC) and an investigation by the [[Charbonneau Commission]].

Denis Coderre, mayoral candidate and party leader, removed Zambito from his party after Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête, was planning to report that he had profited from a land deal by taking advantage of his position on council. Amidst allegations of a kick-back scheme Zambito dropped out of politics and is now working as a real-estate broker for Keller-Williams.

==Italian politics==
Zambito ran for the [[Italian Senate]] in that country's [[2006 Italian general election|2006 general election]], as a candidate of [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s [[Forza Italia]] party in an overseas Senate division reserved for Italian voters in [[North America]] and [[Central America]].<ref>Jeff Heinrich, "When in St. Leonard, do as the Romans," ''Montreal Gazette'', 5 March 2006, A3.</ref> He appeared on the ballot as "Liborio Zambito." Berlusconi's list was defeated by [[Romano Prodi]]'s coalition, known as [[The Union (political coalition)|The Union]].

Zambito subsequently broke with Berlusconi's party and sought election to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] in the [[2013 Italian general election]] as a candidate of [[Mario Monti]]'s [[With Monti for Italy]] coalition. Although Monti's list received enough votes for one regional seat, Zambito did not place first in the list's candidate preference votes and was once again not elected.

==Electoral record==
;Montreal municipal
{{2009 Montreal municipal election/Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est division}}
{{2005 Montreal municipal election/Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est division}}
{{2001 Montreal municipal election/Saint-Leonard borough Councillor, Grande-Prairie division}}
{{1998 Saint-Leonard municipal election/Councillor, Ward Ten}}
{{1994 Saint-Leonard municipal election/Councillor, Ward Twelve}}
{{1990 Saint-Leonard municipal election/Councillor, Ward Twelve}}
{{1986 Saint-Leonard municipal election/Councillor, Ward Twelve}}
;Quebec provincial
{{1985 Quebec general election/Dorion}}
;Italian
{{Italian general election, 2006/Position/Senator, North and Central America}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.unionmontreal.com/saint-leonard/lequipe/robert-l-zambito/ Union Montreal biography]

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