Independent Sway 

TWO-PARTY preferred vote counting remains underway with Liberal Party candidate and incumbent Wannon MP, Dan Tehan, yet to claim victory or concede defeat ahead of ‘teal’ independent Alex Dyson. Mr Tehan is pictured at the fund-raising sausage sizzle at the Hamilton Senior Citizens Rooms on Saturday. Photo: SUPPLIED.

FOR the first time in almost 80 years in Wannon, the two-party preferred (TPP) vote count has not been between the Liberal and Labor parties, but instead, strong polling by independent Alex Dyson has triggered a count of all candidates’ second preferences.

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