The Democratic Party was a minor

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n political party that operated in

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in the early 1920s. It represented the

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minority, and was formed by

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, leader of the New South Wales Catholic Federation. The party contested the 1920 state election unsuccessfully, but in 1922 had its only ever electoral success, with

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being elected as one of the five members for

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. Although generally supporting

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, Fallon acted as a virtual

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and the party soon dissolved; Fallon stood as an Independent Catholic in 1925. It was not related to the

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, a conservative party that contested the 1944 state election.

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