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{{Infobox Mayor
|name=John Mutton
| birth_name =John Mutton
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1966|08|05}}
| order = Mayor of [[Clarington]], Ontario
| term_start = 2000
| term_end = 2006
| predecessor = Diane Hamre 
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Mutton returned to municipal politics in 2010 in an unsuccessful bid for appointment of Regional Chair, [[Durham Region]].<ref>http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=554</ref> He lobbied for and supported the campaign to reform the position from an appointment to one that is elected. A referendum was held in the 2010 election and 80% of voters were in favour of the reform.<ref>http
s://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/09/26/voters_asked_how_to_fill_durhams_top_job.html</ref><ref>https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/10/25/durham_residents_vote_yes_for_elected_regional_chair_in_referendum.html</ref> Durham Region Council passed By-law No. 19-2012 to change the selection method to election by general vote in 2012.<ref>http://www.durham.ca/default.asp?nr=/departments/clerk/election.htm&setFooter=/includes/clerkfooter.inc</ref> Commencing in 2014, voters will elect the position. Durham Region was the second region in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] to adopt the reform.<ref>https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2012/05/30/voters_will_pick_next_durham_region_chair_in_2014.html</ref>

==Achievements==
•	Established the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.<ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/DurhamRegion/Article/1178399</ref><ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/sports/article/1214440--matador-mutton-taking-hall-by-the-horns</ref><br/>
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