Cyril Joseph Fallon (1887 – 20 April 1948) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to tailor John Fallon and Katherine, ''née'' Macken. Educated at St Joseph's College and the

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( BA 1908, MB 1913), he became a medical practitioner in

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, and also lectured in classics. In 1916, he married Mildred Mary Hunt, with whom he had five children. He spent three years as a medical examiner for the Department of Education, and was a member of the Australian Industrial Christian Fellowship Council in 1923. In 1922, he was elected to the

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as one of the members for Eastern Suburbs, representing the sectarian Catholic Democratic Party. By 1925, the party had collapsed and Fallon contested the election as an "Independent Catholic", but was defeated. He died at

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in 1948.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fallon, Cyril 1887 births 1948 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales University of Sydney alumni Australian general practitioners 20th-century Australian politicians