Lerryn Mutton

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}

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| name = Lerryn Mutton

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| constituency_AM = Yaralla

| assembly = New South Wales Legislative

| term_start = 24 February 1968

| term_end = 12 September 1978

| predecessor = District created

| successor = Garry McIlwaine

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|10|12}}

| birth_place = Concord, New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|7|26|1924|10|12}}

| death_place = MacMasters Beach, New South Wales

| party = Liberal Party

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| spouse = Mavis Tucker

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| children = One daughter, three sons

| parents = Brice Mutton (father)

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| occupation = Building contractor

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| allegiance = Australia

| branch = Royal Australian Air Force

| serviceyears = 1942–1946

| rank = Pilot Officer

| unit = No. 93 Squadron RAAF
No. 87 Squadron RAAF

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Lerryn William Mutton, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}} (12 October 1924 – 26 July 2015) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Yaralla in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1978.

Mutton was born in Concord, the son of Brice Mutton (member for Concord in 1949) and Lilian Taylor. He was educated at North Strathfield Public School and Fort Street Boys High School before working in his father's building business. He served in the RAAF from 1942 to 1946, seeing action as a pilot in Labuan and Borneo. He married Mavis Tucker on 29 October 1949, with whom he had four children. In 1953 he was elected to Concord Council, serving until 1968 (as Mayor from 1961 to 1962). He was also active in the local Liberal Party.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1841 |name=Mr Lerryn William Mutton |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}}

In 1968, Mutton was selected as the Liberal candidate for the new seat of Yaralla; he defeated the sitting Labor member for the abolished seat of Concord, Thomas Murphy. He held the seat until 1978, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Garry McIlwaine.{{Cite NSW election |title=Elections for Yaralla |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Yaralla |accessdate=25 July 2020}}

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 14 June 2010.{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=1142976 |recipient=Mr Lerryn William Mutton |award=Medal of the Order of Australia |postnominal=OAM |date=14 June 2010 |accessdate=25 July 2020}}