Cate Molloy | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Noosa | |
In office 17 February 2001 –9 September 2006 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Davidson |
Succeeded by | Glen Elmes |
Personal details | |
Born | East Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | 11 May 1955
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Labor |
Spouse | Ivan Molloy |
Occupation | Enrolled nurse |
Cathryn Molloy (born 11 May 1955) is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor and independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2006,representing the district of Noosa. [1]
Molloy first entered Queensland state parliament as one of a number of newly elected Labor MPs following the party's landslide win at the 2001 state election. [2] She was subsequently re-elected at the 2004 state election. [3]
In 2006,Molloy publicly opposed her party's policy to build a dam on the Mary River. [4] This stance resulted in her disendorsement as a Labor Party candidate in June 2006. [5] She continued to sit as a Labor MP before quitting the party in August 2006. [6] Thereafter,Molloy sat out the remainder of her term as an independent before being defeated at the 2006 state election. [7] The following year,Molloy unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Wide Bay,also in an independent capacity. [8] In the 2009 state election,she unsuccessfully re-contested Noosa.
Molloy was born in East Melbourne,Victoria. She was married to Ivan Molloy, [9] who was the endorsed Labor candidate for Fairfax at the 2004 federal election. [10]