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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
| predecessor = Diane Hamre 
| successor = Jim Abernthy
| residence = [[Bowmanville]], Ontario
| profession = Business Owner
|picture=http://www.municipalsolutions.ca/uploads/john-mutton-thumbnail.jpg}}
'''John Mutton''' (born August 5, 1966) is the founder of Municipal Solutions, an international business development firm.[[John Mutton (politician)#cite%20note-1|<sup>[1]</sup>]] John Mutton was the Mayor of the Municipality of Clarington and elected from 1997-2006. Mutton also held the positions of Durham Region Finance Chair, Chair of the Ganaraska Conservation Authority, Chairman of Veridian Corporation and Chairman of the Association of Nuclear Host Communities.

==Early Life==
John Mutton was born and raised in [[Bowmanville]], Ontario. He graduated from [[Bowmanville High School]], Ontario. He received a BSc from the [[State University of New York]], USA, and a Masters Certificate, Municipal Management from the [[University of Ontario Institute of Technology]], Oshawa, Ontario.

==Political Career ==
John Mutton was elected Mayor of Clarington in 2000 at the age of 34.<ref>http://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink8/0/doc/324/Page1.aspx</ref> He is the youngest person to become mayor of Clarington and was one of the [[youngest Mayors in Canada]]. Mutton held office for 6 years (2000 – 2006).<ref>http://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink8/0/doc/26351/Page1.aspx</ref><ref>http://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink8/0/doc/26352/Page2.aspx</ref>

He began his political career in 1997 as a Regional and Local Councillor of Clarington.<ref>http://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink8/0/doc/9115/Page1.aspx</ref>

While in office, Mutton focused on greater accountability in regional government, urban development and nuclear power expansion for Clarington.<ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1211727--courtice-arena-to-proceed</ref>

He is credited with pioneering a method to finance new construction or major additions of buildings through issue of [[debentures]] by municipal government. First employed in 2001 to fund the South Courtice Arena and Recreation Complex, it is viewed as a cost-effective method to undertake large scale publicly funded projects.<ref>https://clarington.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/advantage-clarington/</ref><ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1216848--local-leaders-preach-iter</ref>  
 
Mutton was part of the Canadian bid to become the site of the new [[International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor]] (ITER) in 2003.<ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1212897--durham-s-iter-hopes-dashed</ref> Regretfully the project was not successful. However, Mutton remained a championed for [[Darlington Nuclear Generating Station]] to become the site of a new nuclear facility in Ontario.<ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1210557--mutton-looks-to-bring-candu-reactors-to-clarington</ref><ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1197255--clarington-council-will-welcome-new-nuclear</ref><ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1489367--darlington-new-build-issued-licence-to-prepare-the-site</ref>

Mutton returned to municipal politics in 2010 in a bid for appointment of Durham Regional Chair.<ref>http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=554</ref> He would later lobby 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>https://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/>
•	Newsmaker of the Year, 2006, Durham Region Metroland Newspapers.<ref>http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1167778--john-mutton-newsmaker-of-the-year</ref><br/>
•	Received the [[Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal]] from Her Majesty and the Government of Canada in 2013 for his years of service to Canada.

==Sports Achievements==⏎
⏎
•       Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight Las Vegas Open Gold Medal.

•       Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight Miami Open Gold Medal.

•       Won the 2017 Rickson Gracie Superheavyweight Gold Medal in New York.

•       Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight World Bronze medal.

•       Won the 2018 IBJJF Superheavyweight Los Angeles Open Gold Medal.

==Electoral results==

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="240px" | <big>1997 (1)</big> <br/>Candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | %
|-
|John Mutton ||  || 
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="240px" | <big>2000 (3)</big> <br/>Candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | %
|-
|John Mutton || 8,717 || 44%
|-
|Mary Novak || 4,346 || 22%
|-
|Bill Stockwell || 3,173 || 16%
|-
|Troy Young || 3,490 || 18%
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="240px" | <big>2003 (4)</big> <br/>Candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | %
|-
|John Mutton || 16,061 || 90%
|-
|Richard Ward || 1,824 || 10%
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="240px" | <big>2006 (5)</big> <br/>Candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"  | %
|-
|Jim Abernethy || 11,204 || 50%
|-
|John Mutton || 5,968 || 27%
|-
|Jim Schell || 4,596 || 20%
|-
|Richard Ward || 495 || 2%
|-
|Wayne Chaskavich || 291 || 1%
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian mayors]]
[[Category:Politicians from Ontario]]