John Molloy

John Molloy may refer to:

John Patrick Molloy

John Patrick Molloy (March 13, 1873 – March 16, 1948) was a Canadian veterinarian and politician.

Born in Arthur, Ontario of Irish Canadian parentage, Molloy was educated in the public and secondary schools of Ontario. He later attended the Ontario Veterinary College where he graduated in 1902. He spent the following year doing post graduate studies at the McKillip Veterinary College in Chicago where he received a M.D.V. degree. He returned to Canada settling in Morris, Manitoba where he established a practice.

He ran as a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1907 election but was defeated. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Provencher in the 1908 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1911 and 1917. He was defeated in 1921 and was summoned to the Senate of Canada on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1925 representing the senatorial division of Provencher, Manitoba. He served until his death in 1948.

John Molloy (Australian settler)

Captain John Molloy (5 September 1786 – 6 October 1867) was an early settler in Western Australia. He was one of the original settlers of Augusta.

Early life

The outline of John Molloy's birth and early life are believed by some to be clear, though we have little detail and published accounts vary greatly. This is just one possible version that he was the same John Molloy who was baptised at St Martins in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, on 8 October 1786, the son of William and Mary Molloy. As John celebrated his birthday on the 5 September in later life, his birthdate may have been 5 September 1786.

If you accept the possibility that this William Molloy was John Molloy's father, then you will be interested to know that he had a shoe warehouse at 16 High St, St Giles, London. He made his will in 1804, leaving bequests to his son, John, and his daughter, Susanna, who were to inherit their shares of the estate when they reached the age of 21. The will also stipulates regular payments from the estate to William Molloy's mother who was living in Kings County, now co. Offaly, Ireland. St Giles was well known as a quarter where Irish tradesmen settled. William Molloy died in December 1804.