John Patrick Molloy (1873-1948)

Veterinary surgeon, MP (1908-1911), MP (1911-1917), MP (1917-1921), Senator.

Born at Arthur, Wellington County, Ontario on 13 March 1873, son of John Molloy and Mary Alice Daly, brother of William Molloy and Thomas Boniface Molloy, he was came with his parents by stagecoach to Winnipeg in 1876. He was educated at the Ontario Veterinary College and the McKillop Veterinary College in Chicago, and practised in Morris, Manitoba.

He married Frances Helen Keeley on 7 January 1903, with whom he had three daughters. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Morris constituency in the Manitoba Legislature during the general election of 1907, being defeated by avote casted by the returning officer. He was later elected for Provencher to the House of Commons in the general election of 1908, being re-elected in 1911 and 1917. He was defeated in 1921. Molloy was appointed to the Senate in 1925, the first Irish-Catholic senator from Manitoba.

He died on 16 March 1948, at Winnipeg.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1915.

Profile revised: 18 May 2008

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