Lerryn Mutton

Who is Lerryn Mutton?

Lerryn William Mutton OAM is a former 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 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. He was also active in the local Liberal Party.

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.

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 14 June 2010.