[2] He ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the constituency of Rockwood—Iberville in the 1958 provincial election, but lost to Liberal-Progressive incumbent Robert Bend[1] by more than 700 votes.
Hutton defeated Bend by 126 votes in the 1959 election, and was appointed to Roblin's cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Conservation on August 7, 1959.
[1] Hutton was responsible for supervising floodway construction around the city of Winnipeg, and for introducing crop insurance to Manitoba.
[1] Considered by many as Dufferin Roblin's heir apparent,[3] Hutton left the government for personal reasons and took a United Nations assignment.
He worked with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in Turkey and India before moving to Rome, Italy, in 1973.