He was born at Colemans Shalfleet on the Isle of Wight to labourer Philip Fallick and Edith Cooper.
He was educated in England and worked as a bricklayer on the Isle of Wight until 1874, when he emigrated to the New Zealand goldfields.
In 1876 he moved to New South Wales, becoming a builder in St Peters in 1881.
He was a St Peters alderman from 1886 to 1893, serving as mayor for a single term in 1888–1889.
In 1901 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Independent Liberal member for Newtown-St Peters, moving to Singleton as an official Liberal in 1904.