He was born in Arthur, Ontario, the son of John Molloy[1] and Mary Alice Daly,[3] came to Manitoba with his family in 1879 and was educated at the University of Minnesota.
The Conservatives won the election, and Molloy served in the legislature as a member of the opposition.
He was defeated in the 1914 election, losing to Conservative Jacques Parent[4] by 262 votes in the Morris constituency.
[3] Molloy served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a lieutenant during World War I.
He died while serving overseas with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan) and was buried in France.