Lerryn William Mutton, (12 October 1924 – 26 July 2015) was an Australian politician. He was the

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member for Yaralla in the

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from 1968 to 1978. Mutton was born in

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, the son of

Brice Mutton Brice Mutton (8 January 1890 – 7 December 1949) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for nine months in 1949. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Early life Mutton was born in Lerryn, Corn ...

(member for

in 1949) and Lilian Taylor. He was educated at North

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Public School and Fort Street Boys High School before working in his father's building business. He served in the

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from 1942 to 1946, seeing action as a pilot in

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and

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. 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

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. In 1968, Mutton was selected as the Liberal candidate for the new seat of Yaralla; he defeated the sitting

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member for the abolished seat of

, Thomas Murphy. He held the seat until 1978, when he was defeated by Labor candidate

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. He was awarded the

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on 14 June 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutton, Lerryn 1924 births 2015 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of places in New South Wales Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Royal Australian Air Force officers Australian World War II pilots Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Australian people of Cornish descent