Pre-merger After studies in
accountancy, Zampino served as
City Councillor in
Saint-Léonard from 1986 to 1990 and was elected
Mayor 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'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
Montreal 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. 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
open golf tournament of
Montreal. In 2005, Zampino remained one of the campaign leaders of Mayor
Gérald Tremblay'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==