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 Randwick, 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

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, representing the sectarian Catholic

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. 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