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{{Infobox Mayor
| name = John Mutton
[[File:John-mutton-thumbnail.jpg|thumb|John Mutton, Candidate, Durham Region Chair]]
| birth_name =John Mutton
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1966|08|05}}
| order = Mayor of [[Clarington]], Ontario
| term_start = 2000
| term_end = 2006
(contracted; show full)|Jim Schell || 4,596 || 20%
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|Richard Ward || 495 || 2%
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|Wayne Chaskavich || 291 || 1%
|}


== Legal Difficulties ==
June 2006, John Mutton was charged with two counts of assault after being arrested.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/3497275-clarington-mayor-charged-with-assault/|title=Clarington mayor charged with assault|date=2006-06-27|work=DurhamRegion.com|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en-CA}}</ref> Mutton pleaded not guilty in 2006 to the charges and was released on $5,000 bail pending trial.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/3496163-clarington-mayor-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault/|title=Clarington mayor pleads not guilty to assault|date=2006-08-22|work=DurhamRegion.com|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en-CA}}</ref> In video testimony, his daughter Katie stated that she had seen her father hit her mother.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/3492788-former-clarington-mayor-s-trial-going-longer-than-expected/|title=Former Clarington mayor's trial going longer than expected|date=2007-01-30|work=DurhamRegion.com|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en-CA}}</ref> In 2007, John Mutton was found not guilty of assaulting his wife and 10-year-old daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/02/26/exmayor_not_guilty_of_assault.html|title=Ex-mayor not guilty of assault {{!}} The Star|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en}}</ref> Justice James Keaney said that the Crown failed to prove its case and that there were too many inconsistencies in the testimony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/02/26/exmayor_not_guilty_of_assault.html|title=Ex-mayor not guilty of assault {{!}} The Star|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en}}</ref>⏎
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== References ==
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian mayors]]
[[Category:Politicians from Ontario]]