John Patrick Molloy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Arthur, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About 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 House of Commons of Canada 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.
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