Former Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons today announced his nomination for the State seat of Geelong, vowing to give the city a tenacious voice in Parliament.

The Geelong businessman will stand as an Independent in a bid to wrest the seat from Labour, which has a 6 per cent margin.

“I will be giving voters, appalled by the childish behaviour, theatrics and vitriol of the major parties, a viable alternative,” he said at a campaign launch on the Geelong waterfront.

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