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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 note-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{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>http://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink8/0/doc/26352/Page2.aspx{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

While in office, Mutton focused on greater accountability in regional government, urban development and nuclear power expansion for Clarington.<ref name="durhamregion1">{{cite web|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/durhamregion-news/|title=Durham Region Breaking News - Durham Region's Online Newspaper|website=DurhamRegion.com}}</ref>

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