Charles Mutton (14 September 1890 – 13 May 1989) was an Australian politician.

Charlie Mutton
Member of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Coburg
In office
1 July 1940 – 1 March 1967
Preceded byFrank Keane
Succeeded byJack Mutton
Leader of the Progressive Labor Party
In office
9 October 1950 – Late 1955
Councillor of the City of Broadmeadows for Campbellfield Riding
In office
1925–1953
President of Broadmeadows
In office
1947–1948
In office
1934–1935
Personal details
Born
Charles Mutton

14 September 1890
North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died13 May 1989
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor (1908–1940; 1956–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Blackburn-Mutton Labor (1947–1950)
Progressive Labor (1950–1955)

He was born in North Melbourne to tobacco worker Charles Mutton and Mary Ann Moloney. He attended Catholic schools and from 1903 to 1910 worked for Excelsior Barbed Wire and Nail Works. In 1911 he became an ironworker, and in August 1914 he married Annie Maria Peachey, with whom he had four children. In 1908 he had joined the Labor Party, and in 1917 he became founding president of the Fawkner branch. In 1930 he inherited his father's poultry farm, and also became president of the Iron Founders' Union. He was a Broadmeadows Shire councillor from 1925 to 1953, serving twice as president (1934–35, 1947–48). In 1940 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Coburg; for running as an Independent Labor candidate, he was expelled from the Labor Party. In June 1956 he was re-admitted to the party, and he served until his retirement in 1967, when he was succeeded by his son Jack. Mutton died in Melbourne in 1989.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Mutton, Charles". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Coburg
1940–1967
Succeeded by