Peter Fallon (23 February 1881 – 9 February 1956) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Tamworth to brickmaker Joseph Patrick Fallon and Mary Ann Riley. He was a tailor, and was involved in the foundation of the Tailors' Union, serving as president in 1904. On 11 April 1910 he married Agnes Roche, with whom he had four children. He was state secretary of the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union from 1923 to 1955. From 1952 to 1956 he was a
Labor
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member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council
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. He died at
St Leonards St Leonards may refer to:
Places Australia
*St Leonards, New South Wales
**St Leonards railway station
*St Leonards, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston
*St Leonards, Victoria
Canada
*St. Leonard's, Newfoundland and Labrador
New Zealand
* St L ...
in 1956.
References
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1881 births
1956 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
20th-century Australian politicians