John Capobianco

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John Capobianco (born 1966) is a Canadian corporate executive and activist. He has twice been a political candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Capobianco's parents immigrated from Italy in 1960. He was born and raised in Etobicoke and has undertaken a career as a consultant, rising to the position of vice president and group leader of Public Relations with Hill & Knowlton, a firm providing public relation and lobbying services.

In his political life, Capobianco has been president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. During the government of Mike Harris he worked as an advisor to then-Minister of Education David Johnson.

Capobianco ran for Parliament as a Conservative in the 2004 election, losing to Jean Augustine in Etobicoke—Lakeshore by almost 10,000 votes. He was again the Tory standard-bearer in Etobicoke—Lakeshore after defeating Morley Kells for his party's nomination and lost to Liberal candidate Michael Ignatieff in the 2006 federal election, losing by less than 5,000 votes. Both times Capobianco received the most votes of any Conservative candidate in Toronto.