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{{Short description|American attorney and politician (1942–2021)}}
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|name
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|state_delegate = Maryland
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|alongside = <br/> [[Mary-Dulany James]] (1999–2005) <br/> [[B. Daniel Riley]] (1999–2003)
|term_start = January 13, 1999<ref name="life" />
|term_end = June 30, 2005<ref name="life" />
|predecessor =
|successor
|office2 = [[Aberdeen, Maryland#Mayors of Aberdeen|Mayor of Aberdeen, Maryland]]
|term_start2 = 1994
|term_end2
|predecessor2 = Ruth Elliott
|successor2
|birth_name
|birth_date = {{birth date|1942|03|07}}
|birth_place = [[Troy, New York]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|05|23|1942|03|07}}
|death_place = [[Rock Hall, Maryland]], U.S.
|spouse = {{marriage|Cynthia Ann Shepherd|1976}}
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] <br/> [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education = [[Siena College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) <br/> [[University of Baltimore School of Law|University of Baltimore]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Charles R. Boutin''' (March 7, 1942{{spnd}}May 23, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served in the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from the [[Maryland House of Delegates District 34A|34A]] and 36th districts from 1999 to 2005, as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Prior to his tenure in the state legislature he was active in local politics in [[Aberdeen, Maryland]].
Boutin was born in [[Troy, New York]], and educated at [[Christian Brothers Academy (DeWitt, New York)|Christian Brothers Academy]], [[Siena College]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in economics, and the [[University of Baltimore School of Law]] with a [[juris doctor]]. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the Maryland Bar]]. He entered politics when he was appointed to [[Harford County, Maryland]] Board of Education and served as the board's president before unsuccessfully running for county executive.
Boutin returned to politics in the 1990s when he was elected to the [[Aberdeen, Maryland]] city council and elected as the city's mayor. Afterwards he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates which he served in until his appointment to the [[Maryland Public Service Commission]]. He served on the commission until his resignation after a sex scandal. He served in the [[Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings]] as a judge. He died from drowning in 2021.
==Early life and education==
Charles R. Boutin was born in [[Troy, New York]], on March 7, 1942, to Charles R. Boutin Sr. He graduated from the [[Christian Brothers Academy (DeWitt, New York)|Christian Brothers Academy]] in 1959, graduated from [[Siena College]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in economics in 1963, and graduated from the [[University of Baltimore School of Law]] with a [[juris doctor]] in 1970. Boutin was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the Maryland Bar]] in 1972. He married Cynthia Ann Shepherd, with whom he had three children, in 1976.<ref name="life">{{Cite news |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa02766.html |title=Charles R. Boutin, Maryland State Delegate |work=[[Maryland House of Delegates]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210527204812/https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa02766.html |archive-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430583/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Miss Shepherd to wed |date=March 14, 1976 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529035121/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430583/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=80 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="life2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78433016/the-evening-sun/ |title=Charles R. Boutin, Aberdeen, 40 |date=September 7, 1982 |work=The Evening Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529041212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78433016/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=81 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==Career==
===Local politics===
In 1977, Boutin was included as one of four people recommended by the [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford County]] Permanent Nominating Caucus, which had delegates from thirty-nine organizations, to fill one of two vacancies on the Harford County Board of Education and was one of three peopled endorsed by state Senator Arthur H. Helton Jr. for the position.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430830/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Harford unit backs 4 for school posts |date=April 24, 1977 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529041448/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430830/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=34 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430945/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=3 education appointments recommended in Harford |date=June 7, 1977 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529042240/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78430945/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=30 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Acting Governor [[Blair Lee III]] appointed Boutin and John Tillery Jr. to replace Thomas Snodgrass and George R. Litchfield on the board.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78431188/the-evening-sun/ |title=Teachers' Certification Still Issue |date=September 7, 1977 |work=The Evening Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529042559/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78431188/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=39 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Boutin served on the board of education from 1977 to 1981, and as president of the board from 1979 to 1981.<ref name="life" /> He was succeeded as president by Tillery and Sue Ellen Johnson replaced him on the board of education after he resigned on December 31, 1981, to run for county executive.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78431963/the-evening-sun/ |title=Harford school newspaper ad ban supported |date=July 7, 1981 |work=The Evening Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529042811/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78431963/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432150/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Hughes names Johnson |date=January 16, 1982 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529043419/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432150/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=26 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432600/the-evening-sun/ |title=Johnson gets Harford school post |date=January 22, 1982 |work=The Evening Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529043559/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432600/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=36 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
In 1981, Boutin announced that he would run for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for county executive of Harford County which was then held by J. Thomas Barranger.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432397/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Boutin to run in Harford |date=December 2, 1981 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529043737/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78432397/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=50 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He placed fourth in the Democratic primary won by [[Habern W. Freeman]].<ref name="election 1982">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78433969/the-evening-sun/ |title=1982 Harford County Executive Democratic primary results |date=September 16, 1982 |work=The Evening Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529044315/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78433969/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
He ran for a seat on the city council in [[Aberdeen, Maryland]], in 1990, but lost to Evlynn Becker, Ruth Elliott, and George Englesson.<ref name="election 1990">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78435445/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=1990 Aberdeen, Maryland city council election results |date=May 6, 1990 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529044315/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78433969/the-evening-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=429 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Boutin served on the city council from 1992 to 1994.<ref name="life" /> Boutin was elected mayor of Aberdeen in the 1994 election, defeating incumbent Ruth Elliott.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78435872/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Voters go to polls in Aberdeen and Havre de Grace |date=May 1, 1994 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529044630/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78435872/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=171 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="election 1994">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78435891/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Councilman Boutin elected new mayor in Aberdeen |date=May 4, 1994 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529044907/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78435891/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=110 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
===Maryland House of Delegates===
Boutin and [[Michael D. Griffin]] won the Republican nomination to run for one of the seats in the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from [[Maryland House of Delegates District 34A|District 34A]] in 1998.<ref name="primary 1998">{{Cite news |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/pahod.html |title=1998 primary election results |work=Maryland State Board of Elections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529045049/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/pahod.html |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref> He won in the general election alongside Democratic nominees [[Mary-Dulany James]] and [[B. Daniel Riley]].<ref name="election 1998">{{Cite news |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html |title=1998 election results |work=Maryland State Board of Elections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529045250/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref> He won reelection in 2002, alongside James while Riley lost reelection.<ref name="election 2002">{{Cite news |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_ld34a.html |title=2002 election results |work=Maryland State Board of Elections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529045445/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_ld34a.html |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref> He resigned from the state legislature to take a position on the [[Maryland Public Service Commission]] and Governor [[Bob Ehrlich]] replaced him with [[Sheryl Davis Kohl]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444799/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=New delegate aims to push for efficiency in government |date=July 24, 2005 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529045640/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444799/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=G1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
During his tenure in the House of Delegates he served on the Health and Government Operations, and Environmental Matters committees. He was a member of the Rural, Taxpayers Protection, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's, and Veterans caucuses. From 2003 to 2005, he served as chief deputy Minority Whip.<ref name="life" />
==Later life==
Boutin began his term on the [[Maryland Public Service Commission]] on July 1, 2005, but resigned from the commission on March 7, 2007, after a convicted prostitute stated that she had spent over one hour with Boutin. Boutin admitted using his state computer account to send e-mails to the prostitute but denied meeting with her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-04-08-0604080398-story.html |title=In e-mail, prostitute told friend she met with PSC member |date=April 8, 2006 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529034025/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-04-08-0604080398-story.html |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78447179/the-star-democrat/ |title=Ehrlich appointee exits, new PSC chair gets 58% pay hike |date=February 25, 2007 |work=[[The Star Democrat]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529034203/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78447179/the-star-democrat/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444877/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=PSC members used state account for sexual messages |date=April 7, 2006 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529034354/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444877/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=A10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Governor [[Martin O'Malley]] appointed Lawrence Brenner to replace Boutin on the commission.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78447088/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=O'Malley to name Brenner to PSC |date=May 15, 2007 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529034534/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78447088/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=B5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Chief Administrative Law Judge Thomas E. Dewberry selected Boutin to work as an administrative law judge at the [[Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings]] which he started on April 4, 2007, and worked as until 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-03-31-0703310285-story.html |title=Ex-PSC member gets new position |date=March 31, 2007 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210528003400/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-03-31-0703310285-story.html |archive-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="life" />
Boutin died after drowning in [[Rock Hall, Maryland]], on May 23, 2021.<ref name="life" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/former-aberdeen-mayor-charles-boutin-drowns-in-kent-county |title=Former Aberdeen Mayor Charles Boutin drowns in Kent County |date=May 25, 2021 |work=[[WMAR-TV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529034713/https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/former-aberdeen-mayor-charles-boutin-drowns-in-kent-county |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref>
==Political positions==
Boutin proposed legislation while serving in the Maryland House of Delegates which would make observing animal fights a misdemeanor charge with a punishment of ninety days in jail and a $1,000 fine. It would also make the transportation and breeding of dogs for fighting a felony punishable by three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Those who arranged fights would be punished with a felony conviction punishable by three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444300/the-star-democrat/ |title=State lawmaker looks to impose penalties on animal-fight watching |date=January 26, 2004 |work=[[The Star Democrat]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529045843/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444300/the-star-democrat/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He proposed an amendment to the [[Constitution of Maryland]] which would define marriage as only between a man and a woman.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444359/the-star-democrat/ |title=Md. lawmakers propose ban on same-sex union |date=February 12, 2004 |work=[[The Star Democrat]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529050041/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444359/the-star-democrat/ |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |page=7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin no change|title = 1982 Harford County Executive Democratic primary<ref name="election 1982" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Habern W. Freeman]]
|votes = 6,687
|percentage = 31.49%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = J. Thomas Barranger
|votes = 6,581
|percentage = 30.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = William O. Carr
|votes = 2,795
|percentage = 13.16%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 2,011
|percentage = 9.47%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Donald W. Androsky
|votes = 2,010
|percentage = 9.46%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John A. Kennedy
|votes = 897
|percentage = 4.22%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Frank W. Soltis
|votes = 257
|percentage = 1.21%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 21,238
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title = 1990 Aberdeen, Maryland city council election<ref name="election 1990" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = George Englesson (incumbent)
|votes = 790
|percentage = 25.99%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Ruth Elliott (incumbent)
|votes = 754
|percentage = 24.80%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Evlynn Becker (incumbent)
|votes = 697
|percentage = 22.93%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 630
|percentage = 20.72%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = John Bailiff
|votes = 169
|percentage = 5.56%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 3,040
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title = 1994 Aberdeen, Maryland mayoral election<ref name="election 1994" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 1,164
|percentage = 60.50%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Ruth Elliott (incumbent)
|votes = 760
|percentage = 39.50%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 1,924
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 1998 Maryland House of Delegates 34A district election<ref name="primary 1998" /><ref name="election 1998" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 2,924
|percentage = 26.85%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Michael D. Griffin]]
|votes = 2,262
|percentage = 20.77%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Sheryl Davis Kohl]]
|votes = 2,253
|percentage = 20.69%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles E. King
|votes = 1,911
|percentage = 17.55%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William G. Christoforo
|votes = 1,541
|percentage = 14.15%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 10,891
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Mary-Dulany James]]
|votes = 18,357
|percentage = 21.70%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 17,844
|percentage = 21.10%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[B. Daniel Riley]]
|votes = 17,798
|percentage = 21.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Robin Walter
|votes = 15,370
|percentage = 18.17%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Michael D. Griffin]]
|votes = 15,207
|percentage = 17.98%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 84,576
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2002 Maryland House of Delegates 34A district election<ref name="primary 2002">{{Cite news |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/p_ld34a.html |title=2002 primary election results |work=Maryland State Board of Elections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529050334/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/p_ld34a.html |archive-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2002" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles Boutin
|votes = 3,078
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 3,078
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles Boutin (incumbent)
|votes = 11,182
|percentage = 34.85%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Mary-Dulany James]] (incumbent)
|votes = 10,947
|percentage = 34.12%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[B. Daniel Riley]] (incumbent)
|votes = 9,957
|percentage = 31.03%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 32,086
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
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